Anambra Election: INEC official absconds with over 40 result sheets

A supervisory presiding officer in the ongoing gubernatorial election in Anambra State has absconded with 42 result sheets, Daily Trust reports.

 

Dr. Gabriel Odor, Collation Officer of Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra, announced this at the head office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Awka, the state capital, during the final collation of results on Sunday.

Odor, who is a lecturer at the University of Calabar, said because of the development, elections could not hold in the affected areas.

Prof Chukwuma Soludo, candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), won in Idemili South.

He polled a total of 2,312 votes to defeat Mr Valentine Ozigbo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who had 2,016 votes and Senator Andy Uba of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who secured 1,039 votes.

The final collation is ongoing.

Soludo in early lead

Meanwhile, Prof. Soludo, is now leading in eight Local Government Areas in Anambra State.

There are 21 LGAs in the state and the APGA candidate has cleared out all the results that have been announced so far at LGA collation centres.

The LGAs are Orumba South, Orumba North, Njijoka, Awka South, Onitsha South, Aguata, Anaocha, and Anambra East.

Neither APC nor the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won any LGA where results have been declared.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Sunday for the final collation.

Daily Trust will bring you live updates from INEC state headquarters in Awka, capital of Anambra.

In the meantime, below are the results of the eight LGAs that have been announced so far.

Official INEC results for 2021 Anambra gubernatorial election so far

(1) Dunukofia LGA

APC 1991

APGA 4124

PDP 1680

YPP 1360

 

(2) Awka South LGA

APC 2595

APGA 12,891

PDP 5498

YPP 919

 

(3) Oyi LGA

APC 2830

APGA 6133

PDP 2484

YPP 900

 

(4) Ayamelum LGA

APC 2409

APGA 3424

PDP 2804

YPP 407

 

(5) Anaocha LGA

APC 2085

APGA 6911

PDP 5108

YPP 868

 

(6) Anambra East LGA

APC 2034

APGA 9747

PDP 1380

YPP 559

 

(7) Idemili South LGA

APC 1039

APGA 2312

PDP 2016

YPP 752

 

(8) Onitsha South LGA

APC 2050

APGA 4281

PDP 2253

YPP 271

 

(9) Njikoka LGA

APC 3216

APGA 8803

PDP 3409

YPP 924

 

(10) Nnewi North LGA

APC 1278

APGA 3369

PDP 1511

YPP 6485