Anambra Election: Andy Uba Releases Official Statement, Sends Message to Supporters

• Senator Andy Uba, has appreciated his supporters following his loss at the Anambra state governorship election
• The governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress in the election said the people really sacrifice to put him power
• Meanwhile, Uba says he would be challenging Charles Soludo's victory in court because he has grounds to do so

The governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress in the just concluded Anambra State election, Senator Andy Uba, has appreciated his supporters as we well as the people of the state.

He expressed profound gratitude to members of the party, the campaign team and Anambra people in a statement he posted on his Facebook age on Wednesday, November 17.

He said:

"My simple duty here is to show appreciation to all those that supported my aspirations in one way or the other. Many persons made sacrifices, individually and collectively, to support our aspiration and I thank them all immensely.

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"To our great party, the All Progressives Congress, thank You for allowing me to fly the flag of this great party, as its gubernatorial candidate for the Anambra State 2021 governorship election.

"Many people worked tirelessly to ensure the success of our campaign, with several donating their money, their time, family time, energy and other materials to support us; I am grateful to you all. Your commitment remains unmatched and I will always be grateful."

Uba also disclosed that his team had reviewed the outcome of the November 6, poll and resolved that there were enough grounds to challenge the declaration of Professor Chukwuma Soludo, the candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, as the winner of the election.

"Now that INEC has declared the result and announced the APGA candidate, Professor Charles Chukwuma as winner, I urge that we remain law-abiding. Having met with my team, party hierarchy, etc and analyse data from our field officers, we can boldly state that preliminary check shows that we have grounds to challenge INEC declaration at the tribunal in line with the electoral process."

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Meanwhile, former national chairman of APGA, Senator Victor Umeh, has said his party is ready to confront the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Senator Andy Uba, in court.

Umeh was reacting to Uba's statement that he was robbed of his mandate and that he would do everything possible to reclaim it in court.

Interestingly, Uba who came third in the just concluded election, is claiming he won the election, while Valentine Ozigbo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who came second has since congratulated the governor-elect, Professor Soludo.

Source: Legit.ng