Anambra Guber: LP holds factional primary election, votes Umejiego as candidate

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In order to choose the party’s candidate for governor on November 8, 2025, the Anambra State chapter of the Labour Party, LP, held a factional primary election.

This follows the party’s primary election last week, in which Dr. George Moghalu was chosen as a different candidate.

After being fired by the Supreme Court, Mr. John Nwosu, another party candidate, withdrew from the prior election, claiming that the Julius Abure-led party was incompetent and had irregularities.

John Nwosu ran against Jude Umejiego in Thursday’s primary election, but he lost. Nwosu received 69 votes, but Umejiego received 180 to defeat him.

When announcing the results, Sunday Okereke, the acting chairperson of the electoral committee, stated: “With the powers conferred on me by the electoral act 2022, and the guidelines of our party, I hereby declare and return Hon Jude Umejiego as the duly elected candidate of Labour Party for the November 8, 2025.”

In his acceptance speech, Umejiego, the candidate, promised to put in a lot of effort to help the party win. According to him, LP would utilize Anambra as a model to illustrate its strategy for transforming Nigeria from a country that consumes to one that produces.

Hon. Henry Mbachu, a member of the state House of Assembly who represents Awka South 1 state constituency, was also named Umejiego’s running partner. Umejiego is a member of the Anambra State House of Assembly and represents the Onitsha South two state constituency.

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