•••Soludo thanks Anambra People for Reelection
By Kamsi Anayo, Awka
Governor Chukwuma Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has been re-elected governor of Anambra state.
The incumbent recorded a landside victory in the election, held on Saturday across the state.
He defeated the opponents in the race in all 21 local government areas (LGAs) of the state.
He thanked thank the people of the state and congratulated them. He said the people spoke loudly, with 71 percent of the votes given to him.
The INEC final results from 5,718 polling units across Anambra state was announced in early hours of Sunday by the State Returning Officer and Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin, Prof Edoba Omoregie at the collation centre in Awka, the state capital.
Omoregie declared that Soludo satisfied the electoral requirements, having scored 71 percent in the 21 local government areas of the state.
The governor polled 422,664 votes and Nicholas Ukachukwu trailed him in second place, with 99,445 votes.
George Moghalu of the Labour Party (LP) placed third with 10,576 votes, while Jude Ezenwafor of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) secured 1401 votes to come in at a distant fourth.
The off-cycle election recorded some logistical issues, resulting in the delayed arrival of INEC officials and security operatives in several polling units.
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There were also voter apathy and widespread incidents of vote buying recorded across the state.
Journalists and observers deployed to the field monitored many instances of vote trading and transactional arrangements at the polling units.
In their respective conversations with the press after voting, Soludo, Moghalu and others confirmed receiving reports of vote buying, accusing other parties of perpetrating the act.
The governorship election recorded a low voter turnout, while INEC ad hoc officials reported several cases of BVAS glitches.
Out of over 2.8 million registered votes, 598,229 were accredited to vote. The total votes cast amounted to 595,298, while the total valid votes were 584,054
The results of the elections in all the local government areas are presented thus:
DUNUKOFIA:
Total Votes Cast 21386,
Total Valid Votes 21102
Rejected votes 284
ADC 232
APC3,284
APGA14892
LP 71
PDP16
YPP2541
NJIKOKA
NRV 119605
NAV 30907
Tvv 30257
Tvc 30786
ADC 236
APC 5687
APGA 22213
LP 311
PDP 47
YPP 1661
AWKA NORTH
NRV 84105
NAV 21783
TVV 21291
RV 461
TVC 21752
ADC 815
APC 3661
APGA 15895
LP 299
PDP 203
YPP 308
AGUATA
NRV 154687
NAV 43714
TVV 43068
RV 620
TVC 43688
ADC 301
APC 4125
APGA 35559
LP 124
PDP 82
YPP 2746
ORUMBA SOUTH
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NRV 88701
NAV 24274
TVV 24001
RV 261
TVC 24262
ADC 361
APC 2828
APGA 19818
LP 16
PDP 18
YPP 877
ORUMBA NORTH
NRV 102817
NAV 29565
TVV 29135
RV 371
TVC 29506
ADC 115
APC 2615
APGA 24664
LP 131
PDP 17
YPP 1519
OYI
NRV 114439
NAV 30855
TVV 30050
RV 786
TVC 30836
ADC 167
APC 5118
APGA 18882
LP 3641
PDP 16
YPP 2093
ANAMBRA EAST 15 wards
NRV 108643
NAV 25431
TVV 24765
TRV 578
TVC 25343
ADC 157
APC 3108
APGA 14665
LP 304
PDP 207
YPP 6153
AYAMELUM 11wards
NRV 96433
NAV 24544
TVV 23991
TRV 264
TVC 24255
ADC 470
APC 7478
APGA 13340
LP 117
PDP 13
YPP 2500
NNEWI NORTH
NRV 166291
NAV 29323
TVV 28715
TRV 569
TVC 29284
ADC 553
APC 5441
APGA 20320
LP 1140
PDP 45
YPP 1100
NNEWI SOUTH
NRV 102907
NAV 27937
TVV 27400
TRV 532
TVC 27932
ADC 127
APC 9281
APGA 17286
LP 73
PDP 12
YPP 562
OGBARU
NRV 188016
NAV 30635
TVV 29821
TRV 764
TVC 30585
ADC 465
APC 3768
APGA 22803
LP 347
PDP 30
YPP 2268
ONITSHA NORTH
NRV 183656
NAV 33582
TVV 32601
TRV 838
TVC 33439
ADC 514
APC 4677
APGA 24225
LP 500
PDP 111
YPP 2419
ONITSHA SOUTH
Ballot snatching at the point of collation
NRV 16078
NAV 22936
TVV 21546have
TRV 362
TVC 21908
ADC 231
APC 4156
APGA 15742
LP 615
PDP 73
YPP 638
ANAOCHA
5 units cancelled
NRV 124,061
NAV 28758
TVV 28189
TRV 569
TVC 28758
ADC 255
APC 5956
APGA 20118
LP 483
PDP 42
YPP 1223
IDEMILI NORTH
Non usage of BIVAS
NRV 246412
NAV 36048
TVV 34961
TRV 704
TVC 35665
ADC 722
APC 6383
APGA 25498
LP 1275
PDP 125
YPP 613
EKWUSIGO
NRV 88828
NAV 24020
TVV 23642
TRV 378
TVC 24020
ADC 261
APC 2973
APGA 18749
LP 194
PDP 70
YPP 915
IDEMILI SOUTH
*over voting
NRV 124237
NAV 25141
TVV 24431
TRV 464
TVC 24895
ADC 213
APC 6015
APGA 17224
LP 276
PDP 40
YPP 476
AWKA SOUTH
NRV 216611
NAV 38374
TVV 37518
TRV 784
TVC 38302
ADC 1726
APC 5038
APGA 27896
LP 520
PDP 63
YPP 1201
ANAMBRA WEST
*results from 2 polling units cancelled for over-voting
NRV 71365
NAV 16595
TVV 16041
TRV 286
TVC 16327
ADC 152
APC 3428
APGA 9318
LP 58
PDP 102
YPP 2871
IHIALA
NRV 156715
NAV 32369
TVV 31529
TRV 840
TVC 32369
ADC 135
APC 4425
APGA 23557
LP 81
PDP 69
YPP 3069
