Labour Party’s George Moghalu says he lost his polling unit in the Anambra governorship election because he refused to engage in vote-buying, accusing the ruling APGA of orchestrating the practice.
The Labour Party (LP) candidate in the November 8, 2025, Anambra governorship election, George Moghalu, has attributed his loss in his polling unit to his refusal to engage in vote-buying, according to TheCable reporting.
Moghalu, who voted at polling unit 017 in Uruagu Ward 1, Nnewi North Local Government Area, said on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics that he could not match the financial inducements offered by other candidates. The unit had 463 registered voters, with only 86 accredited on election day. Chukwuma Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) won the unit with 57 votes, while Moghalu polled 22.
“Yes, because I couldn’t afford how much that was being paid. I couldn’t pay, and I refused to pay, I refused to get involved,” Moghalu stated. “They have too much money to buy votes, and what do you expect my people to do? They fell because a lot of them are poor.”
He accused the ruling APGA of orchestrating much of the vote-buying, alleging that “some agents wearing APGA tags were caught purchasing votes” and that “a commissioner was caught on camera buying votes in my constituency.”
Moghalu maintained that the poll “did not reflect the will of the people” and insisted he could have won if the election had been “free, fair, and devoid of cash inducements.”
INEC declared Soludo the winner with 422,664 votes, followed by APC’s Nicholas Ukachukwu with 99,445, YPP’s Paul Chukwuma with 37,753, and Moghalu in fourth with 10,576.