Anambra guber election result almost ready, 98% uploaded on iREV

Results from the 5,718 polling units in the in Anambra state uploaded to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) IREV has reached over 98 percent as at 12am Sunday morning.

A 96 years old Elizabeth Onike was denied voting in Agulu because she didn't have an update voter's card.

A total of 5,356 results, representing over 98.50%, of the Anambra governorship election was uploaded to INEC’s result viewing portal, IReV.

The results have been greeted with mixed reactions with political strongholds of some political heavy weights falling to opposition parties. For instance, Peter Obi lost his polling unit to the APC.

Early results indicated the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and the All Progressives Congress APC were leading ahead other political parties.

There were allegations and counter suspicions across one another on vote buying. Governor Soludo, Peter Obi and Nicholas Ukachukwu of the APC made the allegations.

But Governor Chukwuma Soludo expressed confidence that his party will record a landslide victory in the election, despite reports of widespread vote buying in parts of the state.

Soludo, who cast his vote at Ofeiyi Ward 19, Polling Unit 002 in Isuofia, Aguata Local Government Area, at about 1:30 p.m., said he had received reports indicating that some candidates were paying voters to secure support.

“Today is election day, and as expected, I’ve been getting calls from across the state. So far, the process has been relatively peaceful and going on smoothly,” the governor said.

He, however, noted a few challenges, including malfunctioning BVAS machines in some polling units, such as Orumbanasa, but said the overall conduct remained orderly.

“The concerns we’ve received is in one or two places in Nnewi South, particularly where we understand there is massive vote buying, with some being paid by a candidate particularly from that local government, and he seems to be desperate to win his local government, and he’s been sharing N15,000, and I said even if he shares N100,000, never mind, let the people just vote and count the votes,” Soludo said.

Reaffirming his optimism, the governor added that the election would reflect the will of the people.

“We are convinced that, based on one man, one vote, we are going to win by a landslide—no doubt about that,” he declared.