Politics

Anambra 2021: Billionaire sons of Ihiala mobilize indigenes from diaspora for supplementary poll Following the realization that the choice of who becomes the next governor of Anambra State is in their hands, prominent sons of Ihiala early today began mobilizing indigenes of the area at home and in diaspora to vote in Tuesday’s governorship election. According to Daily Post, prominent indigenes of the state who began mobilizing to ensure a large turnout of voters on Tuesday include: Mr. Ernest Obiejesi, popularly known as Obijackson, chairman of Air Peace Airline, Barr Allen Onyema, Chairman of Seplat Oil, Dr ABC Orjiakor among…

Anambra 2021: I Can Still Win This Election - Ozigbo The PDP candidate asked INEC to conduct election in all the areas where people did not vote. Mr. Valentine Ozigbo, candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Anambra governorship election, says he can still emerge victorious in the exercise that is expected to end on Tuesday. The Independent National Electoral (INEC) had declared the election inconclusive on the grounds that election did not hold in Ihiala Local Government. Professor Chukwuma Soludo has the highest votes in the election, having secure victory in 18 of the 20 LGAs where…

Anambra election: Igbo playing ethnic politics, will be onlookers, says APC chieftain, Joe Igbokwe “Politics is a game of numbers, Igbo cannot continue to play politics of isolation in the 21st century and expect that miracle will happen. It is time to build bridges and not burn bridges.” Joe Igbokwe, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has accused people of the Southeast of playing ethnic politics. Igbokwe said Igbo people would continue to remain onlookers in Nigeria’s political sphere. He made the remark while reacting to the ongoing governorship election in Anambra State. The APC chieftain urged the…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Tuesday, November 9 for a supplementary election in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State. Returning Officer for Saturday’s governorship election in the state, Professor Florence Obi, announced this in the early hours of Monday. The decision to hold supplementary elections in Ihiala LGA follows the failure of INEC to conduct elections there on Saturday. According to Professor Obi, this failure was due to security challenges which made it impossible for the electoral body to deploy materials and personnel in the LGA. “We have collated results for 20 out of the 21…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Anambra Governorship Election inconclusive. Professor Florence Obi, Returning Officer of the election, made the declaration at INEC head office in Awka, Anambra capital, in the wee hours of Monday. She said the election could not end on first ballot because there was no voting in Ihiala Local Government Area of the state. Justifying her action with the Electoral Act, Obi said a supplementary election will hold in Ihiala on Tuesday. “I, Prof. Florence Obi, with the power vested on me as the returning officer ,hereby suspend the collation and announcement of…

Anambra Governorship Election: INEC Suspends Collation Of Results But the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Andy Uba, was unable to win any local government in the election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the collation of results for the Anambra State governorship election. INEC’s Chief Returning Officer for the election, Professor Florence Obi, announced this on Monday at the commission’s head office in Awka. Party agents, reporters, and observers among others had waited until about 12:15am for the declaration of a winner before events took a different turn as a result of Professor Obi’s announcement.…

Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has secured the majority of the votes cast in Saturday’s Anambra governorship election. The results of the election were formally announced at the INEC state collation centre in Awka, Anambra State, on Sunday. Mr Soludo may, however, not be declared the winner of the election yet due to the technicalities with the figures. The APGA candidate won in 17 of the 21 local government areas of the state. One local government was won by the PDP candidate (Valentine Ozigbo) while the candidate of the YPP, Ifeanyi Ubah,…

Mr Valentine Ozigbo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has emerged winner of the Anambra Governorship Election in Ogbaru Local Government Area. He polled a total of 3,445 votes ahead of Prof Chukwuma Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), who secured 3,051 votes while Senator Andy Uba of the All Progressives Congress (APC) polled 1,178. Details later,..

Senator Ifeanyi Ubah of Young Progressive Party, YPP, has won in Nnewi North Local Government Area in the Anambra Governorship election Prof Alexander Timothy of the University of Calabar announced the results at the INEC collation centre at the headquarters of the Commission in Awka. He reported that no incident of violence was registered. ANAMBRA GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION RESULTS AS ANNOUNCED BY INEC NNEWI NORTH LGA REG VOTES- 139,368 ACC VOTES- 13,751 APC- 1,278 APGA-3,369 PDP- 1,511 YPP-6,485