Tag: Anambra election

Andy Uba Rejects Result, Says His 200,000 APC Primaries’ Voters Were Rigged Out

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Senator Andy Uba has rejected the result of the Anambra Governorship election querying as irrational that the more than 200,000 APC members who voted for him in the party primaries were locked out of the main election. Noting the high-profile defections that preceded the election, he said that what was left of APGA was Governor Willie Obiano and a few of his relations and staff who he said could not have mustered the victory that heralded the victory of the APGA, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo. Senator Uba’s rejection of the election…

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#AnambraElection : Victor Umeh Denied access to ongoing Ihiala Election (video)

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Senator Victor Umeh, agent of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the state, was blocked from Ihiala Local Government Area during the mobilsation of electoral officials. Accompanied by some of his supporters and aides, Umeh, who spent the night at the INEC head office in Awka, during the collation of results of 20 Local Government Areas, was turned back by soldiers. A superior officer had told the senator representing Anambra Central at the senate that he could not go in. All efforts of the ranking politician to state his…

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#AnambraElection : Xray of what really happened

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Anambra State has once again shown the world and the rest of Nigerians that they are the premium Igbos who cannot be easily swayed into submitting to the dictates of “ndị ọ́chọ́nga noko” (hooligans). From yesterday’s Anambra gubernatorial election, one would understand that Anambrarians would rather pitch their tents with any political party but APC for some obvious reasons. It was expected that the election would be disrupted by severe violence, voter apathy and electoral Malpractices. Fortunately, no single violence was recorded so far even as the election has entered the…

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#AnambraElection : More results from most polling units

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With serious reported BVAS machine malfunctioning, some persons still managed to vote regardless. You’d recall that jkcyno news reported that  APGA is currently having an early lead at the polls. More results continue coming in from most of the wards. However, they are not to be treated as authentic results but most likely to be near perfect. See results below…. Nkpor Has 47 Voters With 1 Invalid.. APGA- 20 PDP—17 APC—6 Adazi-Nnukwu Ward 1, PU 006: APGA – 26 PDP – 11 APC – 3 Others – Nill Nkpor Ward…

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#AnambraElection : APGA in an early lead at the polls

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Anambra election is reported to be successfully but not without so many hitches from INEC angle. There was massive turn out of voters as against earlier feared voter apathy. However, voters from most part of the state have decried serious concerns over their disenfranchisement due to the malfunctioning of the beaver machine. It could take several trials for some voters to be captured and validated as without the accreditation, none of the vote would count. However, from most of the Wards getting in, APGA seems to be in an early…

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#AnambraElection : Situation Reports from Anambra state(video)

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The sky is hazy, there was heavy downpour last night as Anambra people against all odds gear up for the “El clasico” elections. This is one election which has garnered a whole lot of tension, sympathy, violence and premonition. Every street and popular junctions have serious police personnel standing at akimbo looking at passersby with strong disdain. Everyone is a suspect. Jkcyno news earlier reported that IPOB Canceled the proposed sit at home and Urged Anambra Residents To Vote On Saturday This latest news from the IPOB hierarchy has caused serious…

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IPOB Cancels Sit-at-home, Urges Anambra Residents To Vote On Saturday

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The Indigenous People of Biafra has cancelled its proposed one week sit-at-home order across the South-East region. The group said the order was called off following consultations with elders, traditional, and religious leaders from the Southeast. This was made known in a statement issued on Thursday by the IPOB’s spokesperson, Emma Powerful. The group earlier said the sit-at-home exercise across the southeastern part of Nigeria commencing from the eve of Anambra election will hold. IPOB stated that the only option to avert the sit-at-home is if President Muhammadu Buhari’s government…

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400 naira and a can of malt shared to electorates ahead of Saturday Poll (video)

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A viral video shows the moment a large number of electorates in Anambra state collecting ₦400 and a can of malt from party officials ahead of the Saturday’s gubernatorial election in the state. From the Video, it was revealed to be from the PDP camp as paltry sum of N400 was shamefully shared with a can of malt. It meant that, N100 would last them for one full year as they keep augmenting it with the malt….. Such a shame…. See images and video below…  

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Anambra Guber: 81,778 PVCs Ready For Collection – INEC

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday said that 81,778 newly printed Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) were ready for collection in Anambra State. INEC disclosed this in a statement titled “ Update on Preparations for the Anambra State Governorship Election”, signed by Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, on Tuesday in Abuja. Okoye said that the new printed PVCs included newly registered voters and those who applied for replacement or transfer of their cards in the state during the just concluded first phase of the…

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IPOB threatens Anambra election , declares 1 week sit-at-home

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The Indigenous People of of Biafra (IPOB) has declared one week sit-at-home protest from November 5 to November 10, to prevail on the Federal to release its leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The order is coming at a time when Anambra State is preparing for its governorship election, which comes up on November 6. IPOB’s Media and Public Secretary, Emma Powerful disclosed this in a statement made available to our correspondent in Awka, Anambra State on Saturday. Powerful said, “Following the adjournment of our great leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s court case to…

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