A Federal High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, has affirmed former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, as the candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance ahead of the November 6th governorship election in the state.

While delivering judgment, on Monday, Justice C C Okaa, said the other parties in the suit, comprising Jude Okeke, Edozie Njoku, and Chukwuma Umeoji, were ‘meddlesome interlopers’.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had on 16th July 2021, published the list of candidates for the November 6th poll in Anambra State. The list had Chukwuma Umeoji as APGA’s candidate