Anambra 2021: INEC declares election inconclusive, fixes Nov 9 for supplementary poll in Ihiala

The Returning Officer of the Anambra State governorship election, Professor Florence Obi, has said that a supplementary election will hold in 362 polling units in Ihiala Local Government Area on November 9.

Citing the constitution, Prof. Obi noted that election had to take place in those polling units for the election to be conclusive.

She noted that election did not take place in Ihiala because there were reports of insecurity in the area.

Meanwhile, the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, leads with a total vote of 103, 946.

After results from 20 our of the 21 LGAs were collated on Sunday night, Soludo had secured over 100,000 votes, while Valentine Ozigbo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had less than 55,000 votes.

The third major contender, Andy Uba of the All Progressives Congress (APC), secured 42,942 votes.

While announcing the commission’s decision at past 12am on Monday, Florence Obi, returning officer for the election, said the collation of results was suspended to allow for a supplementary election in Ihiala LGA.

Ahmadu Umar, collation officer for Ihiala LGA, had earlier said there was no election in his area.

The final result is as follows:
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