Nigeria, Nov. 10 -- The people of Anambra State have returned Charles Soludo as governor, handing him a second term.

In Saturday's election, Mr Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) polled 422,664 votes to secure a sweeping victory, defeating his closest challenger, Nicholas Ukachukwu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), with 99,445 votes. The Young Progressives Party candidate, Paul Chukwuma, came third with 37,753 votes, while his counterpart from the Labour Party, George Moghalu, claimed the fourth position in the election with 10,576 votes.

Mr Soludo won in all 21 local government areas of the state-only the second time such a clean sweep has happened in Anambra's history. The first was in 2017, when former governo...