2025 Anambra Guber: LP Now Has 2 Guber Candidates As Jude Umenajiego Wins Nomination At Parallel Primary
In a development that has made it clear that intraparty conflict is imminent in Anambra State chapter of Labour Party ahead of the governorship election scheduled to hold in the state on November 8, 2025, Jude Umenajiego on Thursday emerged as winner of a parallel primary election.
Jude, a member of Anambra State House of Assembly, who represents Onitsha South 2 state constituency, got 180 votes to defeat his rival, John Nwosu, who had 69 votes.
He immediately announced a co-lawmaker, Hon Henry Mbachu , who represents Awka South 1, as his running mate.
‘With the powers conferred on me by the Electoral Act 2022, and the guidelines of our party, I hereby declare and return Jude Umenajiego as the duly elected candidate of Labour Party for the November 8, 2025 governorship election’ acting chairman of the electoral committee, Sunday Okereke, submitted while declaring the election results in Awka on Thursday. .
In his acceptance speech, Jude promised to work hard for the victory of the party, adding that the LP will use Anambra as a model to showcase its plans to turn Nigeria around from a ‘consumption to a productive nation’.
The lawmaker also asserted that he is the validly elected LP governorship candidate .
Recall that Dr George Moghalu, had last week emerged as the party’s guber candidate and already gotten recognized by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Team@orientactualmags.com learned that Moghalu has reacted to the parallel primary election held in Awka on Thursday describing it as the height of rascality.
‘This is the height of rascality, and it is being done by some enemies of the party and sponsored by some people who do not have the capacity to lead the party to the election.
I have received my Certificate of Return from the Independent National Electoral Commission and I have all the statutory documents as the candidate of the Labour Party’ he said.
‘We are not aware of any fresh primary election by the Labour Party. The Labour Party has conducted and concluded its primary election and produced George Moghalu as its candidate, and we have issued him with the Certificate of Return and other statutory materials as candidate of the party’ spokesperson for INEC, Mrs. Ugoma Lechukwu, also submitted -Team@orientactualmags.com Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com. Thank you
