ANAMBRA VOTE DECLARED "INCONCLUSIVE"

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared Saturday’s gubernatorial election in Anambra State inconclusive.Announcing the decision on Monday morning, James Epoke, Returning Officer and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar, said that a supplementary election would be conducted at a yet-to-be-fixed date.

The election was declared inconclusive due to the significant number of votes it voided during counting.

Total valid votes stood at 413,005, while the invalid ones were 16,544. Total votes cast was 429,549, INEC said. Idemili North had 89,997 cancelled votes, while 636 were cancelled from Idemili South. The All Progressives Congress (APC) finished second runner-up with 92,300 votes, while Labour Party (LP) polled 37,446 votes.
The APGA won in 16 of the 21 local government areas; PDP won in two, APC won in two, while LP won one. A date for the supplementary election will be fixed after the commission must have met, Prof. Epoka announced.
“The commission will arrange a supplementary election in those areas where election was cancelled,” he added. All the 23 parties would also participate in the supplementary election.