The trio of Senators Victor Umeh, Tony Nwoye and Chief Ebuka Onunkwo have emerged as the Senatorial candidates of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) for the 2027 general elections.

Umeh emerged as the candidate for Anambra Central District while Tony Nwoye and Ebuka Onunkwo emerged as candidates for Anambra North and Anambra South Districts respectively.

They emerged through primary elections for the State and National Assembly tickets of the party held across the state on Friday.

The exercise, conducted through option A4, began with the accreditation of registered party members, and voting commenced in the afternoon with an impressive turnout from party members.

The same was the case for the State House of Representatives and Assembly which produced 11 candidates for the Federal House of Representatives and 30 candidates for the State House of Assembly.

Speaking with reporters shortly after the primary elections, the Chairman of the NDC in Anambra State, Hon. Ikem Uzoezie, expressed satisfaction with the peaceful process of the exercise, adding that the party would go down in history as one that conducted the most peaceful, transparent, and credible primary elections in the state.

Uzoezie congratulated both aspirants who emerged as candidates and those who could not make it describing it as a great show of sportsmanship among the aspirants.

Speaking on behalf of the winners Chief Ebuka Onunkwo stated that all the candidates for the 2027 general elections in Anambra State share collective desires and determination to take the state to the next level adding that the state is blessed with men and women with integrity.

“We are happy with the peaceful process and we salute our party members for conducting themselves peacefully”

“With the set of candidates in our party for the coming elections, our state is set to experience populist representation that would take our state to a higher level, ” he said.