November 07, (THEWILL) – The collation officer for Idemili south LGA of Anambra state, Gabriel Othong, has alleged that 41 result sheets for some polling units were carted away during Saturday’s governorship election in the State.
Othong disclosed this on Sunday while submitting results for the LGA, to the State Returning Officer Professor Florence Obi, at the State headquarters of the Commission, in Awka, the Anambra state capital.
He said the result sheets of the affected areas were taken away by the supervisory presiding officer (SPO) posted to the area.
He also said there was no election in Oba ward 1, Oba ward 11 and Akukwu ward, all in Idemili south LGA Area of Anambra.
“One of the SPOs carted 41 result sheets out of the 42 result sheets meant for the 89 polling units in the affected wards,” NAN quoted him as saying. Over 40,000 voters were not able to vote in the affected areas due to the development”, he said.
The collation officer added that election officials were not deployed to some of the polling units due to shooting in some areas.
However, Ebere Obiakor, the agent for the All Progressives Congress (APC) said there was election in the affected areas but the results were not collated.
But Alex Obiogbolu, the collation agent for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Victor Umeh of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), countered Obiakor’s statement, saying there was no election in any of the affected places.
Meanwhile, the results for the top three parties released for Idemili south are as follows: APC: 1,036; APGA: 2,312, and PDP: 2,016.
As of 7pm, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had announced results for 19 out of the 21 LGAs in the state, and Chukwuma Soludo, APGA candidate, won in 17 of the LGAs.
His party, APGA polled 99,159; followed by the PDP, with 49,475 votes and the APC, 40,270 votes
The result of Orumba North LGA is being awaited after the returning officer, Dr.Michael Otu, allegedly signed the results of the LGA under duress.
Meanwhile, the Commission has said, there was no election in the entire Ihiala LGA.
