Soludo Declares Labour Party, ADC “Dead” in Anambra After APGA’s By-Election Sweep

Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has said that the outcome of Saturday’s by-elections in the state shows that the Labour Party (LP) and the African Democratic Congress (ADC) no longer have political relevance in Anambra.

Speaking on Sunday at Nanka during a celebration of the All Progressives Grand Alliance’s (APGA) victories, Soludo mocked former governor Peter Obi for supporting ADC candidates in the elections, insisting the party “does not exist” in the state.

“ADC does not exist in Anambra. We showed it yesterday. Labour Party is dead,” Soludo said to the cheers of APGA supporters.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared APGA’s Emmanuel Nwachukwu winner of the Anambra South Senatorial District poll with 90,408 votes, defeating the APC’s Azuka Okwuosa, who got 19,847 votes, while ADC’s Donald Amangbo polled 2,889 votes. Nwachukwu will replace Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, who died in July 2024.

Similarly, APGA’s Ifeoma Azikiwe emerged victorious in the Onitsha North Constituency 1 House of Assembly by-election.

Soludo pointed out that the constituency is the home base of Peter Obi, Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, yet APGA won overwhelmingly. “They wanted to use it as a test case for the new concoction called ADC in Anambra, but that election was won by APGA; we won with about 77%, a very emphatic statement,” the governor added.

The governor, a former Central Bank of Nigeria boss, is seeking re-election in the November 8, 2025 governorship poll on the APGA platform.