The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Anambra gubernatorial election inconclusive, following the inability of electorates to cast their votes across Ihiala Local Government.
The electoral umpire also revealed that a supplementary election would hold on a Tuesday November 9th (tomorrow) within the council and that the final result would be announced after Ihiala residents have been allowed to exercise their franchise in the state.
According to INEC’s Returning Officer Prof. Florence Obi, the decision to hold supplementary elections in Ihiala LGA follows the failure of INEC to conduct elections there on Saturday sighting security concern and circumstances beyond its control.
In her words:
“We have collated results for 20 out of the 21 local government area. The outstanding results are for Ihiala Local Government Area where for various reasons, the commission could not deploy materials yesterday (Saturday).
Consequently, based on Constitutional considerations and provisions of the Electoral Act as well as revised regulations and guidelines for the conduct of election issued by the commission, a supplementary election is indicated for Ihiala Local Government Area.”
Obi explained that the collation of results could not be concluded and that a winner cannot be declared without elections in the council.
Ihiala is the only one of Anambra’s 21 LGAs where elections could not hold. And the result of the poll announced for all other councils showed that All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate, Charles Soludo, won 18 of the 20 councils for which results were declared.
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