On Wednesday, June 11, 2025, campaigns for the governorship contest of Anambra State would commence. David-ChyddyEleke highlights the contenders and their visibility among electorates.
Anambra is one of the eight states that hold off-season governorship election in Nigeria. In fact, it is the first to introduce the trend through the doggedness of former governor of the state, Mr Peter Obi, who contested his removal from office after a governorship election was held in 2007 without completing his four-year term. He sought the interpretation of his tenure and was later returned to office through the verdict of the court for him to complete his tenure.
Since after then, other states where governors were able to return to power through court verdict after being rigged out have joined the off-season election effortlessly, and this depends on when they complete their tenure. Currently, seven other states who practice this include; Bayelsa, Kogi, Edo, Ondo, Ekiti, Osun and Imo states.
