Tony
Nwoye has been declared winner of the Anambra State governorship primary
election of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
The 42-year-old medical doctor and politician
scored 2,146 votes to beat his closest rival, politician Andy Uba, who scored
931 votes.
The Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima,
announced the result in Awka on Sunday after the keenly contested primary by 11
candidates for the November 18 governorship election.
Mr. Nwoye, now a member of House of
Representatives (Anambra East/West constituency) was a student union activist
before becoming a politician.
A twin, he was born in Onitsha on September
13,1974 to Lawrence and Christiana Nwoye of Offianta Nsugbe in Anambra East
Local Government Area of Anambra State.
He attended Metropolitan Secondary School,
Onitsha, for his secondary education from where he proceeded to study medicine
at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
In 2006, Mr. Nwoye became the substantive
Chairman of the State Executive Committee of the Anambra State PDP.
Mr. Nwoye was the governorship candidate of the
Peoples Democratic Party in the 2013 election in Anambra state. He later
defected to the APC.
In December 2003, he
was elected the national president of the National Association of Nigeria
Student.
The result of the
primary is dominating discussions on social media, especially twitter, with
congratulatory messages and retweets.
Responding to messages
from fans on the primary, Mr. Nwoye tweeted: “Thank you all without you, it
wouldn’t have been possible.”
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