Politics

INEC extends voting in Anambra governorship election to Sunday The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended voting in Anambra governorship poll to Sunday, to allow voters who were not able to vote due to malfunctioning of the Bimodal Accreditation System (BVAS) to vote. Dr Nkwachukwu Orji, the state INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) disclosed this at a news briefing held in the INEC headquarters, Awka on Saturday. He said that the measure became necessary to enable more, if not all, eligible voters to cast their votes in the areas affected by the malfunctioning of the system. He said that…

Anambra Election: APC’s Andy Uba Wins Polling Unit With Wide Margin The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Andy Uba, has won his polling unit in the ongoing Anambra governorship election. INEC officials, who announced the results on Saturday, said Uba had 80 votes in Ward 16, Polling Unit 17 in Uga, Aguata Local Government Area. The flagbearer of the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chukwuma Soludo, scored 10 votes while the candidate of the Young Progressive Party (YPP), Ifeanyi Uba, polled five votes. Valentine Ozigbo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) got two votes. Before now, INEC…

#AnambraDecides2021: Results from Polling Units (UPDATES) Voters in Anambra State, Nigeria’s South-east, overcame their initial fear and came out to cast their vote in the crucial governorship election. The election has been peaceful so far. Apart from voting being delayed in some areas because of logistics challenges, there have been technical hitches at some polling units, with the INEC’s Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) not functioning properly. BVAS is INEC’s new introduction to help eliminate voter’s impersonation in the Anambra election. In some other areas, the voters cast their votes smoothly and the numbers counted. TIME: 3:14 P/M PU: 011…

Anambra Decides 2021: PDP Candidate, Valentine Ozigbo, wife arrive to vote The Governorship candidate of the PDP candidate, Valentine Ozigbo and his wife have arrived to vote at Social Centre, Amesi in Aguata Local Government area of Anambra State to vote.

PHOTOS: Anambra Governor Willie Obiano, Wife Cast Votes Amidst Heavy Security The Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, has cast his ballot in the ongoing governorship election in the state. The governor arrived at his polling unit at around 9:28 am. at Eri Primary School, Unit 004, Otuocha 1, Aguleri, Anambra East LGA. Mr Obiano, who arrived alongside his wife, Ebelechukwu, went straight to join the queue of voters for about five minutes before his aides asked him to join the podium to exercise his franchise. Despite the low turnout at the centre, Mr Obiano commended the large voter turnout he…

Anambra 2021: Voter apathy, insecurity may throw up unpopular governor No fewer than 2.5 million registered voters are expected to decide the fate of the eighteen candidates whose names appear on the ballot paper FINALLY, the much awaited Anambra governorship election is here despite the uncertainties that trailed its preparations. No fewer than 2.5 million registered voters are expected to decide the fate of the eighteen candidates whose names appear on the ballot paper, although many of the candidates could be classified as mere pretenders. The greatest fear in the election is voter apathy which may be heightened by the…

Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano has accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, of plotting to rig the Saturday’s governorship election. Speaking through Don Adinuba, the state Commissioner for information and Public Enlightenment, Obiano accused the APC of writing results for 10 local government areas, ahead of the poll. Listing the local government areas, he said the APC was plotting to compromise officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. In a statement signed by the Commissioner, he said APC plan to take advantage of President Muhammadu Buhari’s delay assenting the new Electoral Bill which makes electronic voting mandatory to perpetrate…

A Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Joseph Egbunike and Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) deployed to Anambra State for Saturday’s governorship election have resigned from the assignment. The two senior Police Officers have been redeployed by the Inspector General of Police Baba Alkali but no reason was given for their action. But the Zonal Police Public Relations Officer, Princess Nkeiruka Nwode, said nobody resigned. She said only DIG Egbunike was sent to another important assignment She described as untrue the reports making the rounds that another AIG also left, adding that the media should shun fake news at…

Anambra election: AAC candidate, Nwankwo steps down, endorses PDP’s Ozigbo Chidozie Nwankwo, candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in Anambra State governorship election has stepped down for Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) flagbearer, Valentine Ozigbo. The endorsement was announced Friday night by Ozigbo’s media team barely 24 hours before the election. “It is significant for being the only one of such endorsements in this campaign season”, the statement read. Nwankwo pledged the support of his campaign organisation and associates to Ozigbo and prayed for his success on Saturday. Nwankwo urged his structures and supporters to offer the same support he…