18 candidates contested the governorship position in Saturday’s election in Anambra State, which was considered generally peaceful.
Voting took place in the 21 LGAs of the state.
According to INEC, there are 2.5 million registered voters and 5,720 polling units but was no voting in 86 because there are no registered voters there.
Vice-Chancellor, University of Calabar, Professor Florence Obi, is the State Collation and Returning officer for the election.
06:40 pm: All results from local governments have been collated. The Returning Officer, Resident Electoral Commissioner, and others are now in a ‘crucial’ meeting to determine the decision to take over Ihiala and Orumba North LGAs where election results were not announced. The results of 19 LGAs have been announced.
Chukwuma Soludo, the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has secured the majority of the votes cast
The APGA candidate won in 17 of the 19 local government areas where the election took place.
One local government was won by the PDP candidate, Valentine Ozigbo, while the candidate of the YPP, Ifeanyi Ubah, also won in one local government.
However, the collation officers for two local government areas, Ihiala and Orumba North said at the collation center that elections did not hold in their local governments.
06:18 pm: INEC officials in a meeting over ‘technicality with figures‘
06:11 pm: ANAMBRA WEST LGA
REG – 62637
ACV – 5242
APC – 1233
APGA – 1918
PDP – 1401
YPP – 357
05:54 pm: AWKA NORTH LGA
REG – 72036
ACV – 4447
APC – 755
APGA – 1908
PDP – 840
YPP – 381
05:30 pm: ORUMBA NORTH LGA
REG – 93608
ACC –
Collation Officer, Dr. Michael Otu claimed he signed the election result under duress.
He didn’t give the break down of votes won by parties
The officer, who has stated that he does not believe in the result, accused some INEC officials assigned to him of colluding with those who disrupted the process.
He accused one Comfort Omoregie, an electoral officer, in particular, of tampering with the electoral process.
She denied the accusation and called Dr Otu ‘inexperience’ in election matters.
05:16 PM: NNEWI SOUTH LGA
REG – 89357
ACC – 9598
APC – 1307
APGA – 3243
PDP – 2226
YPP – 1327
05:10 pm: EKWUSIGO LGA
REG – 82236
ACC – 6864
APC – 1237
APGA – 2570
PDP – 1857
YPP – 727
04:46 pm: OHIALA LGA
The Anambra governorship election did not hold in Ihiala LGA, according to Ahmadu Umar, the collation officer.
Elections in some polling units in the LGA were suspended after election officials reported being attacked by hoodlums, according to TheCable.
An election official said some of the attackers claimed to be enforcing an Indigenous People of Biafra sit-at-home directive.
On Thursday, IPOB reversed the order and urged Anambra residents to vote.
Another INEC ad hoc official, Comfort, said hoodlums accused staff of planning to rig the election, while another corps member, Peter, said lateness to polling units led to attacks in some areas.
04:38 pm: IDELIMI NORTH LGA
REG VOTES – 210,689
ACC VOTES – 12,621
APC – 2,291
APGA – 5,358
PDP – 2,312
04:35 pm: AGUATA LGA
REG VOTES – 144,766
ACC VOTES – 20,809
APC – 4,773
APGA – 9,136
PDP – 3,798
04:18 pm: ONITSHA NORTH LGA
REG VOTES – 158,804
ACC VOTES – 14, 806
APC – 3,909
APGA – 3,781
PDP – 5,587
04:01 pm: OGBARU LGA
REG VOTES – 169053
ACC VOTES – 9117
APC -1 178
APGA – 3051
PDP – 3445
YPP – 484
02:30 pm – Results of 10 LGAs have so far being collated and one hour break was being observed
02:20 pm: ORUMBA SOUTH LGA
REG VOTES – 74,690
ACC VOTES – 10,554
APC – 2,060
APGA – 4,394
PDP – 1,672
YPP – 887
02:10 pm: NNEWI NORTH LGA
REG VOTES – 139,368
ACC VOTES – 13,751
APC – 1,278
APGA – 3,369
PDP – 1,511
YPP – 6,485
02:00 pm: NJIKOKA LGA
REG VOTES – 103,715
ACC VOTES – 17,934
APC – 3,216
APGA – 8,803
PDP – 3,409
YPP – 924
1:55 pm: ONITSHA SOUTH LGA
REG VOTES – 156775
ACC VOTES – 9406
APC – 2,050
APGA – 4,281
PDP – 2,253
YPP – 271
01:40 pm: IDEMILI SOUTH LGA
REG VOTES – 11,2652
ACC VOTES – 6,622
APC – 1,039
APGA – 2,312
PDP – 2,016
YPP – 752
12:50 pm: ANAMBRA EAST LGA
REG VOTES -98426
ACC VOTES-14419
APC- 2034
APGA – 9746
PDP- 1380
12:40 pm: ANAOCHA LGA
REG VOTES – 109860
ACC VOTES-15940
APC- 2085
APGA- 6911
PDP- 5108
12:30 pm: AYAMELUM LGA
REG VOTES – 87128
ACC VOTES – 9754
APC – 2409
APGA- 3424
PDP- 2804
12:14 pm: OYI LGA
REG VOTES – 100764
ACC VOTES -13241
APC – 2830
APGA- 6133
PDP- 2484
12:10 pm: AWKA SOUTH LGA
REG VOTERS -176812
ACC VOTERS -23854
APC – 2595
APGA – 12891
PDP – 5498
12:00 pm: DUNUKOFIA LGA
REG VOTERS – 74855
ACC VOTERS – 10134
APC – 1991
APGA – 4124
PDP – 1680
YPP- 1360
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