By Dele Ade
The Collation of Results of the Anambra State Governorship Election will resume at 9.00 pm, today, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has said.
A statement by Nimem S. T.
HOD VEP, for REC, INEC Anambra State said the be will be the state Collation Centre, INEC State Office, on House of Assembly Road, Awka.
It will be recalled that early Tuesday, the supplementary election for Ihiala Local Government was held amidst tight security and allegations of irregularities by participating parties.
The decision to have the supplementary election in the local government followed the suspension of collation of results in the governorship election as announced on Monday by the State Collation/Returning Officer.
While results were collated from 20 out of 21 local government areas, the process was suspended as election could not hold in Ihiala LGA due to violence.
“Given the foregoing, it becomes imperative to bring Ihiala Local Government Area at par with the other 20 local government areas in this election before we can make a valid declaration in this election or take any further action based on the extant laws,” INEC’s Chief Returning Officer for the election, Professor Florence Obi, said.
Results were announced for all other LGAs with the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Charles Soludo, winning in 18 of the 20 LGAs.