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No election in at least three polling centres in Ogidi – Ilo Ngwodo Ward 1, Central School Akpakaogwe, and Eke Ngweje Ward 1.
Prospective voters allegedly attacked the INEC Electoral Officers for
failing to present the result sheet to them before beginning
accreditation.
At Afor Agulu Square, Awka South, reputed to be the largest ward in
Anambra, it is rowdy as the counting is already in progress. Voters are
anxious. They are eager to know the result.
At Central School 1, Akpakaogwe, in Ogidi, Idemili North, an election
officer said she was beaten up by the youth at the polling station.
“They requested for the result sheet and I told them we don’t have it
yet. They insisted they must see it and began to hit me. They were
dragging me, took the ballot paper, and squeezed the register,” said the
NYSC member who identified herself as Precious.
Election did not take place at that centre.
Results are coming in from various polling units in Anambra. PU 009, Ogidi Town hall, Idemili South APC 58 PDP 22 APGA 23 LP 4
A similar incident played out at Eke Nweje PU 2, in Ogidi Ward 1. The
Electoral Officer said the youth also demanded for the result sheet,
that it was the requirement from INEC. “But we had the result sheet in
our bag. We told them we couldn’t show them, that we had to do
accreditation first. They said they will not do accreditation. And then
they attacked us. The police were there and did not do anything. It was
the army that came and saved us,” said the Electoral Officer.
PU 010, Ogidi town hall, Idemili North. Voting point 1, APGA 8 APC 39 PDP 14 PPA 3 APA 1 CPP 1 Invalid 2.
PU 010 voting point 2 APC 13 PDP 4 APGA 4 PPA 1 Invalid 1
Some political parties shared money at Akaboukwu ward 2 in Uruagu
Nnewi. Interested voters show their voting paper to indicate who they
voted for, and then get paid.
When contacted, a policeman in the area said that their duty is only
to control crowd. People suspected to be PDP agents gave N1000 each to
their voters while suspected APGA agents gave N500 to each of their
voters.
At St. John’s Anglican Church, Edoji, Uruagu Nnewi, some people
suspected to be agents of APGA shared N1000 to people that voted for
them.
An elderly man in the area lamented the situation and said “Nigeria
aga adikwa Mma gboo,” Meaning ‘shall it be well with Nigeria soon?
At PU009, Ogidi Town Hall, Ogidi, Voting has ended. But party agents
say although electoral material arrived around noon, it did not
discourage the voters.
“The people were here waiting for them to come,” a party agent said.
Observers detained by soldiers have been set free after several hours,
INEC’s Director of Monitoring, Bala Ibrahim Shittu, confirmed this in a
telephone interview with PREMIUM TIMES.
“Yes, they have been released. I have just returned from there.” He said and did not comment further.
At Nsugbe Ward 1, Polling Unit 008, Anambra East Local Government, the
PDP candidate, Mr. Tony Nwoye, his father Pa Lawrence and mother, Mrs.
Christiana Nwoye could not vote because their names could not be located
on the register.
The All Progressives Congress has raised the alarm over what he called
the late or non delivery of voting materials to the “party’s
strongholds” during the ongoing Governorship election in Anambra State,
describing the action as a deliberate attempt to disenfranchise the
party’s supporters and make the election anything but free and fair.
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