The candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Prof Charles Soludo, has been declared Anambra Governor-Elect.
He defeated candidates of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Mr Valentine Ozigbo and Senator Andy Uba of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to emerge winner.
He polled 112,229 votes to defeat Ozigbo of PDP who came second with 53,807 votes, while Uba of APC came third with 43,285 votes
The results were announced by the Anambra governorship election Returning Officer, Prof Florence Banku Obi.
She said: “We’ve completed the governorship election in Anambra State,. In this Anambra election, we had a total of 2,466638 registered voters, but 2,53388 were accredited.
“Also, we have total valid votes of 2,41523 while rejected votes stood at 8108 and total votes cast stood at 2,49631.
“From this, that Charles Chukwuma Soludo of APGA, having satisfied the requirements of the law, is hereby returned elected.”
The Ihiala supplementary election results arrived INEC office in Awka at exactly 12.30am
The APC agent, Chief Chibuzor Obiakor refused to sign the result when called upon by Prof Obi while the PDP agent, Dr Alex Obiogbolu and few others signed
Other agents, including those of Young Progressives Party YPP and Zenith Labour Party ZLP, did not attend
But the former National Chairman of APGA, Senator Victor Umeh, who was the Party’s agent, signed the documents.
01:51 am BREAKING: INEC declares Soludo Anambra Gov-elect
00:53 am
The local government Returning Officer, Dr German Anagbogu of Unical, said they had a challenge in Orsumoghu and Lilu, as INEC Staff deployed to the areas could not penetrate those places
00:50 am
Ihiala result
APGA -8283
APC -343
PDP -2485
The local government area has a 148,361 registered voters
But only 12298 were accredited
While total valid votes were 12002, rejected votes were 267 and total votes cast were 12269
21:32 pm PHOTOS: Delegates convene as INEC awaits result from Ihiala
3rd from left, Festus Okoye, INEC Federal Commissioner and Chairman Information Committee, Prof Florence Obi, VC Unical and Returning Officer, Anambra governorship election and Anambra REC, Dr Nkwachukwu Orji among other INEC officials at the Collation Center in Awka
Army Commander, Onitsha Cantonment ,Col PA Adeke and other Service Chiefs in the State
CSOs, Observers and Media Men at the Collation Center, INEC headquarters in Awka, Anambra State
18:18 pm Soludo wins in SDP candidate’s ward
17:09 pm: Sorting and counting of votes ongoing across PUs in Uzokwa Ward
15:49 pm: Police, IPOB in three-hour gun duel in Anambra
14:37 pm: A septuagenarian being captured with the BVAS at Umudike village square, ward 19, PU
14:27 pm: Uzoakwa central School ward 19 PU2
14:21 pm: Security turns back ex-APGA chair Umeh at Ihiala LGA Secretariat
13:54 pm: Obinna Uzo, SDP Candidate exercising his franchise at Umunnamehi Community school 3, PU024 ward1
13:32 pm: VIDEO: Angry senior police officer orders his men sitting comfortably to get up
13:29 pm: Eziani ward 1 PU10 voting yet to commence
13:02 pm: VIDEO: Rev. Fr. Oliver Onyema lauds voting process
12:57 pm: Deputy speaker, Anambra State House of Assembly, Patrick Agbodike in a chat with newsmen after casting his vote at PU10 RA 20, mbosi
12:28 pm: No activity yet at Uzokwa Ward 3, another closest ward to the LGA HQ where materials are still being sorted out as at 12pm
12:08 pm: No ad-hoc staff to attend to electorate, as at 11:46am, in Abobot Girls Secondary School, Uzokwa Ward 3 with about 20 PUs.
11:20 am: Accreditation of voters yet to start in the Ihiala supplementary governorship election as at 11:05 am
11:11 am: VIDEO: Ad-hoc staff getting prepared for the Election
10: 58 am: Distribution of materials and deployment of ad-hoc officers ongoing at the LGA HQ
10: 53 am: INEC’s Ad-hoc officials still waiting for materials and deployment at the LGA HQ, which might result in a delay in the voting exercise scheduled to commence at 10 am.
10: 49 am: A group of corps members, working as INEC ad-hoc officers, still waiting to be deployed.
Tuesday, 10: 42 am:Security presence at Ihiala LGA HQ where today’s supplementary election is slated to take place
Results declared so far:
A – 1793
AA – 76
AAC- 580
ADC – 313
ADP – 743
APC – 42942
APGA – 103946
APM – 288
APP – 133
BP- 173
LP- 2697
NNPP – 111
NRM – 207
PDP – 51322
PRP – 428
SDP – 782
YPP – 20917
ZLP – 2070.
Total valid votes: 229521
Rejected votes: 7841
Total votes cast: 237362
BREAKING: Soludo extends lead to 17 LGAs
Anambra West LGA
10RAs
62637 – registered voters
5242 – accredited voters
5092- total valid votes
140 – rejected votes
5232 – total votes cast
APGA – 1918
APC – 1233
PDP – 1401
YPP – 357
ZLP – 31
*13PUs affected over BIVAS
Awka North LG
72036 – registered voters
4447 – accredited voters
4061 – total valid
183 – total rejected
4244 – total votes cast
APGA – 1908
APC – 755
PDP – 840
YPP – 381
ZLP – 47
Challenges in 7RAs
Orumba North
93608 – registered voters
No election. Collation Officer, Dr. Michael Otu alleged he signed documents under duress. He cited three reasons for the rejection:
*Police crisis (Election shifted to Police Area Command)
*Mutilation of score sheets
*BVAS challenge
Nnewi South LGA
10RAs
89357 – registered voters
9598 – accredited voters
9225- total valid votes
319 – rejected votes
9544- total votes cast
APGA – 3243
APC – 1307
PDP – 2226
YPP – 1327
ZLP – 33
*No election in 7RAs
Ekwusigo LGA
82236 – registered voters
6864 – accredited voters
6553 – total valid votes
216 – rejected votes
6769 – total votes cast
APGA – 2570
APC – 1237
PDP – 1857
YPP – 727
ZLP – 13
*8 PUs cancelled in 4RAs
Idemili North LGA
12RAs
210689- registered voters
12621 – accredited voters
11807 – total valid votes
290 – rejected votes
12197 – total votes cast
APGA – 5358
APC – 2291
PDP – 2312
YPP – 902
ZLP – 649
Election didn’t take place in 2RAs
Ihiala LGA
No election in the 20RAs
Aguata LGA
22RAs
144766- registered voters
20809 – accredited voters
195548 – total valid votes
654 – rejected votes
20202 – total votes cast
APGA – 9136
APC – 4773
PDP – 3798
YPP – 1070
ZLP – 120
Voting didn’t take place in 13 PUs
Onitsha North LGA
15RAs
158804 – registered voters
14806 – accredited voters
14346 – total valid votes
373 – rejected votes
14719 – total votes cast
APGA – 5587
APC – 3909
PDP – 3781
YPP – 682
ZLP – 104
Ogbaru LGA
169053 – registered voters
9117 – accredited voters
8457 – total valid votes
309 – rejected votes
8766- total votes cast
APGA – 3051
APC – 1178
PDP – 3445
YPP – 484
ZLP – 43
BREAKING: Soludo leads in 10 Anambra LGAs
Orumba South LGA
18RAs
74690 – registered voters 10554 – accredited voters 10132- total valid votes 399 – rejected votes 10531- total votes cast
11: 32am Anambra poll: You’ve written your names in gold – NYSC DG hails Corps members
Sunday, Nov 7. at 10: 44am: Anambra Poll :INEC gets results of 19 out of 21 council areas
22:06 pm:
Collation to begin Sunday morning, says INEC
17:10 pm:
BREAKING: Soludo votes at 5.10pm
17:00 pm: Counting of votes begins
16:44 pm: BREAKING: Gunmen snatch ballot boxes in Onitsha
16:20 pm:Voting still ongoing as at 3:57 pm, at Gov Obiano’s Eri Primary school polling unit 004, Otuocha 1, Aguleri.
15: 42pm: BREAKING: INEC extends voting till Sunday
VIDEO: Sorting commences at PU 006, ward Bridgehead 1, Onitsha South
15: 26pm: Only 5 voters registered, and 2 persons voted so far at PU009, Bridgehead Ward 1, Onitsha South.
15: 13pm: Many yet to vote as at 2:30 pm at Ugwunadegbe primary school, polling unit 003, Aguleri 1, with 2463 registered voters.
INEC Adhoc staff and security personnel are insisting that voting process will stop any moment from now even when many voters are yet to exercise their franchise
15: 07pm: Ngige, Soludo slam INEC over failure of BIVAS
14: 23pm: I’ll win Anambra election, says Uba
14: 00pm:PHOTO: Soludo, kinsmen yet vote as at 2pm
13: 41pm: PHOTO: 80-year-old woman fails to vote over alleged machine malfunctions in Alor Ward 1
13: 00pm:Dr Okonkwo Obiora of ZLP votes at Ogidi in Idemili
12:41 pm: Only 5 persons have so far voted as at 12:00pm in ward 12 – Otuocha 11, polling unit 005, Umuleri public square, Anambra East LGA with 600 registered voters.
12: 32 pm: Commissioner for Works, Engr. Marcel Ifejiofor voting at exactly 11:15 am at Polling Unit 011, Mgbailo Public Square, Ward One, Aguleri in Anambra East Council Area.
He called on INEC to fix the BVAS machine challenges as many voters were unable to be captured.
VIDEO: Come out and vote, Obiano urges residents
12:09 pm: POs say election is temporarily suspended as the BVAS are verifying but not authenticating, at PU 021, 023, Fegge ward 6, Onitsha South LGA.
12: 03 pm: Andy Uba of APC after voting in Booth 027 at St. Peters Catholic School, Uga, Aguata LGA
11: 55 am: Bishop Diocese on the Niger, Rt Rev. Owen Nwokolo casting his vote alongside his wife at All Saints Primary School Ward I Onitsha North LGA. He described the exercise in the area as peaceful and orderly, called on those who are yet to vote to come out and do so, insisting there is nothing to fear.
11: 29 am: Voting exercise going on smoothly at PU 013, Ward 01, Onitsha North LGA.
VIDEO: Voters lament as machines malfunction in booth 002 Ofiyi, Isuofia, Aguata LGA
10:35 am: Machine working slowly at Booth 001 Amorji Primary School Isuofia Aguata LGA. Voting started by 9.30am and by 10.30am, only less than 15 voters have voted out of 900 registered voters
Booth 001 Amorji Primary School, Isuofia, AguataVoters on cue at Booth 001 Amorji Primary School, Isuofia Aguata LGA
10:13 am: Anambra deputy governor votes, at Umuezu awovu polling unit.
9:49 am:Voting has commences at Booth 002, Ofiyi Isuofia Aguata LGA
9.45 am: Biomedical accreditation verification system ongoing at Unit 002, Ofiyi, Isuofia, Aguata LGA
9.25 am: Accreditation commences at Igwebike primary school, Unit 008
9:20 am: Booth 002 Ofiyi, Isuofia where the APGA candidate, Prof. Soludo is expected to cast his vote.
So far in all the polling units, no presence of security operatives, this is allegedly contributing to late arrival of electoral officials.
Enthusiastic voters waiting for INEC officials to commence accreditation. They have been here since 7.50amEnthusiastic voters waiting for INEC officials to commence accreditation. They have been here since 7.50am
9:09 am: Materials arrived at 8.50am, at Polling unit 009, ezimezi Amawbia
8: 58 am. Anxious voters waiting for the commencement of accreditation, At Community Primary School, Isuofia
3rd from left, Festus Okoye, INEC Federal Commissioner and Chairman Information Committee, Prof Florence Obi, VC Unical and Returning Officer, Anambra governorship election and Anambra REC, Dr Nkwachukwu Orji among other INEC officials at the Collation Center in Awka
Army Commander, Onitsha Cantonment ,Col PA Adeke and other Service Chiefs in the StateCSOs, Observers and Media Men at the Collation Center, INEC headquarters in Awka, Anambra State
Chief Ugochukwu Okeke, a Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has decried late deployment of electoral Officials and materials for the supplementary election for Anambra gubernatorial contest in Ihiala Council Area.
Ugochukwu spoke shortly after casting his vote at PU 20, Odoata Central School, Uzoakwa, in Ihiala LGA about 2 pm .
He regretted that four hours was lost to deployment of logistics for the exercise which was supposed to commence at 10.am
The Chieftain who is a former gubernatorial aspirant under the the platform of the PDP said he was happy that the BVAS captured him in less than three minutes while expressing hope the efficiency of the machine would keep improving .
He commended security agencies for the relative peace in thea area but expressed concern about six communities which had been identified as hotspots and were yet to get deployment of men and material.
The communities, he noted, included Mbosi, Azia, Iseke, Orsumoghu, Ubuluisiuzo and Lilu
Ugochukwu, who is the Secretary of the PDP Campaign Council in Anambra state, called on INEC to ensure that every eligible voter in those areas votes in every part of Ihiala.
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He urged the Electoral body to consider extending the period of voting beyond four pm to make up for the lost time before the exercise started.
“As you can see I have just cast my vote and this is about ten minutes after two and I was the third person to vote in my polling unit, the process of verification was fast but there were delays in some cases.
“I am calling on INEC to improve on the technology.
“INEC told us that they will be here as early as possible but you can see the delay we experienced, I am calling on them to ensure every eligible voter in Ihiala cast his or her vote, and I am sure that, that way, PDP will spring surprises,” he said.
On his part, Mr CDon Adinuba, Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment in Anambra expressed confidence that the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) would extend its lead at the end of the Ihiala election.
Adinuba blamed the late deployment of electoral officials and materials on traffic congestion and peculiar security situation in the area.
He said Ihiala remained a stronghold of APGA and that the party was expecting about 90 per cent share of total votes cast.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that there were stil electoral materials waiting for deployment at Ihiala LGA headquarters at the time of filing the report. (NAN)
Police in Anambra State said nobody was killed during the ongoing governorship supplementary Election in Ihiala Local Government Area.
Some soldiers patrolling around the distribution/Collation Centre at the Council Area Headquarters were said to have allegedly shot dead a yet-to-be-identified man.
Former National Chairman of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) and state party agent for the Anambra governorship election, Sen. Victor Umeh, was on Tuesday refused entrance to the Ihiala Local Government Secretariat by security agencies.
Umeh, a state agent of the party who arrived at the secretariat around 10:30 am in the company of other party members, was turned back by the GOC, 82 Division.
There was a heavy presence of security personnel in and around the Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State over the scheduled supplementary governorship election.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday announced a supplementary election in the Council Area following non-conduct of the exercise in the area with All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) winning 18 of the local councils.
Acting Youth Leader of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Onwuasoanya Jones has praised what he described as the apparent impartiality of President Muhammadu Buhari and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the ongoing Anambra governorship election.
Onwuasoanya, in a statement, said his organisation was satisfied with the conduct of the poll but regretted the hitches experienced in deploying the BVAS which he noted might have significantly discouraged a number of citizens who turned out to cast their votes.
According to him: “The exercise is not very disappointing. I believe that the results announced so far represent to a large extent the wishes of the majority of voters.
“We were all afraid that the President, being a member of a political party might want to interfere with the processes in order to favour his party. But, it is clear that he allowed the electoral process to run its full course. For that, we commend him.
“Preliminary reports from the Election Security Monitoring Committee set up by our organization to monitor the election also indicate that the Independent National Electoral Commission were mostly impartial and security agents deployed to secure the election were mostly professional in discharging their duties.
“Apart from reports of network and technical glitches reported in most polling stations across the State, which significantly disenfranchised potential voters, the INEC deserves commendations as long as this election is concerned.
“While this could be regarded as a an improvement from previous elections, the Commission needs to work harder in ensuring that the BVAS work more efficiently in future elections.”
Onwuasoanya further praised the Election Security Monitoring Committee led by Mazi Chukwuma Okpalaezeukwu for its efforts, which contributed in no small measure to the successful conduct of the election.
While urging voters in Ihiala where a mop up election would be conducted on Tuesday to come out en masse to cast their votes, Jones warned against any attempts to manipulate the process to favour any candidate or political party.
“Nobody has the right to choose a Governor for Anambra people. Anambra people have spoken in 20 LGAs and they will conclude the talk in the remaining LGA by today.
“No one should toy with the idea of conjuring any form of electoral magic in Ihiala or anywhere else, there might be a rerun election,” he warned.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has adjusted the timeframe for voting in Tuesday’s supplementary election for Anambra governorship poll in Ihiala local government area.
It said voting will hold from 10am-4pm as against the 8:30am-2:30pm timeframe.
This was announced on Monday by the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye
He said: “Following the suspension of collation of results in respect of the 2021 Anambra State Governorship election as announced yesterday, November 7, 2021 by the State Collation/Returning Officer and the decision of the Commission to hold election in Ihiala Local Government Area on Tuesday, November 9, the Commission in line with extant rules and regulations has made a slight adjustment to the commencement and closing time for the said election.
“Accordingly, polling in respect of the supplementary election for Ihiala Local Government will commence tomorrow at 10am and end at 4pm.
“This decision, which will be strictly complied with, has been taken following a careful review of the prevailing situation in Anambra state and is being widely shared with the stakeholders including security agencies.
“We urge political parties, voters, election duty officials, election observers, the media and the general public to note this slight modification. We also appeal to citizens to conduct themselves in an orderly manner to ensure that the election is brought to a peaceful conclusion.”
Ihiala local government area has a total of 148,000 registered voters, which the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate, Professor Chukwuma Soludo; his APC counterpart Senator Andy Uba and Mr Valentine Ozigbo of PDP will vie for.
Soludo leads the pack in 18 local government areas out of 21 announced by INEC while Ozigbo and Ifeanyi Ubah of YPP won one LGA each.
Anambra governorship supplementary election holds on Tuesday in Ihiala local government area of the State.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) did not conduct an election in the area last Saturday because it failed to deploy any person there over security concerns.
The commission, after deliberation on Sunday night with security operatives, announced the supplementary poll will hold on Tuesday.
Ihiala local government area has a total of 148,000 registered voters, which the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate, Professor Chukwuma Soludo; his APC counterpart Senator Andy Uba and Mr Valentine Ozigbo of PDP will vie for.
Soludo leads the pack in 18 local government areas out of 21 announced by INEC while Ozigbo and Ifeanyi Ubah of YPP won one LGA each.
