AWKA—Chief Chuma Nwofor, the Labour Party candidate for the Anambra Central election re-run, has said that he was the candidate to beat in the Court of Appeal ordered election rerun.

Nwofor, who said he was quiet before now, waiting to see the end of the drama over the candidates that would contest the re-run, noted that for the fact that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had come up with guidelines for the election, that right things should be done.

He said he remains the candidate to beat in the election and that Labour Party from his calculations would defeat the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, candidate in the election, Chief Victor Umeh.

Chief Nwofor contested governorship election under the PDP, in 2007 and later in 2011 before angling for the Senate in the last election.

He said the party was waiting for the final INEC list, but was sure based on INEC’s position that the PDP was out of the election, hence the race was between the APGA candidate, Victor Umeh, the Labour Party candidate as well as All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Senator Chris Ngige, if he was still interested.

He said: ‘’I am ready for the election but if there are changes that are not in line with the Electoral Act, I am ready to go to court. Remember, this is not a fresh election but a court ordered re-run. Court cannot give you what you did not request. I have never considered anybody a threat.”
anybody as a potential threat for this election.”

It is only I, who has the capacity to win the election, having seen it all through criss-crossing of different parties and having served as President of Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture in the state.”