Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has declared that he has no challenger in the November 8, 2025, governorship election in the state.
The governor, while speaking during an endorsement rally organised for him in Awka by stakeholders of Anambra Central Senatorial Zone, yesterday, insisted that most of those in the race against him were only in it to scout for funds to line their pockets.
The rally is the second endorsement for Soludo after the one held in Otuocha, Anambra East Local Government Area weeks back, where stakeholders of Anambra North Senatorial Zone declared the Soludo governorship ticket as a consensus for the state.
Soludo, while addressing supporters during the rally, said that Anambra enjoys an unbroken zoning formula and that he would hand over to a candidate from the Central Zone after eight years.
He added that anyone opposed to his second term will just be disrupting the seamless zoning arrangement in the state and delaying the turn of the Central Zone to take the governorship seat.
“If anyone else from South gets to power, he will stay for eight years, and that will delay the turn of the central. So, four more years for Soludo is better than eight years by anyone else, so that central can take their turn.”
Soludo insisted that some of the people in the race against him were merely scouting for funds. He said: “They are not contesting, they are doing fund raisings. I hear they have been going around begging top politicians, ministers, that ‘you know I’m contesting for governor, please support me”.
The highlight of the event was speeches by some stakeholders, including Osita Chidoka, Okey Muo-Aroh, student leaders, market and community leaders, among others, who all endorsed the governor.
The Deputy Speaker of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon Chukwuma Okoye, read a communique from the entire zone, pledging their support and endorsement for Soludo.
