INEC EXTENDS ELECTION TO SUNDAY AS APGA WIN 6 POLLING UNIT SO FAR

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 BVAS malfunctioned because of software glitches.

Nkwachukwu said that the commission was already working to rectify the problem.

“The extension of time arose out of several field reports that voters have had problems with accreditation.

” The Commission is currently investigating the reason the accreditation devices, Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS), have worked perfectly in some Polling Units, but not in others.

He also noted that deployment was adversely affected by transportation challenges in some locations.

“It must be noted that on account of security concerns, some of the transporters that were mobilized and collected 50 per cent of their sign-on fee backed out at the last moment, leaving some of our ad-hoc staff stranded.

The INEC official appealed to all voters, candidates, stakeholders and political parties to remain calm and law-abiding.

“We assure you that the commission is determined to make all votes count,” he said.

Early results have given preliminary victory to the All Progressives Grand Alliance in all six local government areas announced so far in the ongoing Anambra State governorship election.

The party’s candidate, Charles Soludo, had earlier been reported to have won his polling unit and ward by wide margin.

Mr Soludo has amassed the highest votes in Onitsha South, Awka South, Anaocha, Anambra East, Orumba South and Njikoka.

Anambra State has 21 local government areas and collation is expected to extend into Sunday.

There are 18 candidates contesting in the election. None of them is a woman, despite Anambra State being the only state to have had a female governor in Nigeria. Virginia Etiaba became governor in November 2006 after former Governor Peter Obi was impeached, but she handed over back to Mr Obi in February 2007 after an appeal court nullified the impeachment.

Local government results so far:

NJIKOKA
APC – 3,216
APGA – 8,803
YPP – 924

ORUMBA SOUTH
APC: 2,060
APGA: 4,394
PDP: 1,672
YPP: 887

ANAMBRA EAST
APC 2034
APGA: 9746
PDP: 1380
YPP: 559

ANAOCHA
APC – 2,085
APGA – 6,911
PDP – 5,108
YPP – 868

AWKA SOUTH
APC – 2595
APGA – 12891
PDP – 5489
YPP – 919

ONITSHA SOUTH
APC – 2,050
APGA – 4,281
PDP – 2,253

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