Rep. Chris Azubogu, representing Nnewi North/Nnewi South/Ekwusigo, has emerged the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance for the 2023 Anambra South Senatorial District election.
The Rep, who went from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress and now APGA, polled 116 votes.
Azubogu, who dumped the PDP before the November 6, 2021 Anambra State governorship election, emerged victorious at the APGA primary election held in Awka by defeating Emmanuel Nwachukwu (113 votes), Ben Nwankwo (75 votes) and Akachukwu Nwamkpo, who got 44 votes.
The Returning Officer, Steve Nwoka, said 348 delegates voted at the election and there was no void vote.
Nwoka advised the winner and the defeated candidates to regard the exercise as a brotherly contest, noting that it was devoid of rancour.
He also commended the aspirants for orderly conduct.
Addressing newsmen after he was declared winner, Azubogu said he would double his efforts to ensure that APGA wins the senatorial election in 2023.
He commended the delegates for voting for him and praised Governor Chukwuma Soludo for providing a level playing field for contestants.
Azubogu, a three-time serving member at the House of Representatives, won his past elections on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party.
He defected to the APC before the November 6, 2021 governorship election in Anambra State.
Azubogu crossed over to APGA in January 2022 after Soludo won the Anambra State governorship election.