INEC Declares Anambra Gov Poll Inconclusive
LAGOS NOVEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the governorship election held in Anambra State on Saturday inconclusive.
Returning officer for the poll Prof. Florence Obi said on Sunday night that a supplementary election would hold in 362 polling units in Ihiala Local Government Area on November 9.
Citing the Constitution, Obi noted that election has to take place in those polling units for the election to be concluded.
She noted that election did not take place in Ihiala because there were reports of insecurity in the area.
”As the electoral officer, I hereby announce the suspension of result until elections are held in all the polling units in Ihiala. Supplementary election will take place in the area on November 9,” she said.
Before suspending collation, Obi had said that Prof. Charles Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) polled a total of 103, 946 votes followed by Valentine Ozigbo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 51,322 votes to emerge second.
Sen. Andy Uba, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, got a total of 42,942 votes in third position.
Obi said that Soludo won in 18 out of 20 local government areas already declared.
Obi listed the areas where Soludo won to include Dunukofia, Awka South, Oyi, Anaocha, Ayamelum, Anambra East, Idemili South and Onitsha South.
She also stated that the APGA candidate also won in Njikoka, Orumba South, Onitsha North, Idemili North, Ekwusigo, Aguata, Orumba North and Nnewi South LGAs.
The PDP candidate won in Ogbaru with 3,445 votes, APGA scored second while APC came third in the same council.
Senator Ifeanyi Ubah of the Young Progressive Party (YPP) won in his local government Nnewi North in spite of coming a distant fourth in the overall score card with 20,917 votes.
Obi stated that total number of valid votes already collated was 229,521, void votes were 7,841 while total number of votes cast was 237,362.
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