Anambra: Violence, discrepancies mark exercise
Anambra, Elections 2011, State News Sunday, April 10th, 2011
Low turnout of voters and confusion about result sheets were the main problems that characterised the National Assembly elections in Anambra State on Saturday.
In Awka South, there were more than one result sheets in each booklet given out to the presiding officers.
It was a similar story in Aguata, Anaocha, Nnewi North and Idemili South local government areas, which were covered by our correspondent.
Voters in Nnewi North, Aguata and Anaocha local government areas refused to vote until they saw the results sheets.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner for Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuemeka Onukaogu, confirmed that multiple result sheets were given out to the presiding officers, but said he had dispatched his men to withdraw the excess result sheets.
A number of voters complained that they could not find their names in the voter register, which they alleged was different from the one used for the April 2 botched elections.
In another development, a former governor of the state and senatorial candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria, Dr. Chris Ngige, condemned the alleged abduction of his party’s agents at Agulu, the home town of Governor Peter Obi.
“As I speak now, I have no agents in Agulu; they have all been beaten up and chased away,” Ngige said.
The National Vice-Chairman, South East Zone, Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olisah Metuh, complained that he could not find his name in the voter register, though it was there a week ago.
He said the electoral officer assured him that his name would be included in the register before the next election.
Mrs. Uche Ekwunife of the All Progressive Grand Alliance lamented the mix-up in the results sheets issued by INEC and said the resident electoral commissioner, whom she had complained to, seemed not to have any solution to the problem.
Low turnout of voters and confusion about result sheets were the main problems that characterised the National Assembly elections in Anambra State on Saturday.
In Awka South, there were more than one result sheets in each booklet given out to the presiding officers.
It was a similar story in Aguata, Anaocha, Nnewi North and Idemili South local government areas, which were covered by our correspondent.
Voters in Nnewi North, Aguata and Anaocha local government areas refused to vote until they saw the results sheets.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner for Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuemeka Onukaogu, confirmed that multiple result sheets were given out to the presiding officers, but said he had dispatched his men to withdraw the excess result sheets.
A number of voters complained that they could not find their names in the voter register, which they alleged was different from the one used for the April 2 botched elections.
In another development, a former governor of the state and senatorial candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria, Dr. Chris Ngige, condemned the alleged abduction of his party’s agents at Agulu, the home town of Governor Peter Obi.
“As I speak now, I have no agents in Agulu; they have all been beaten up and chased away,” Ngige said.
The National Vice-Chairman, South East Zone, Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olisah Metuh, complained that he could not find his name in the voter register, though it was there a week ago.
He said the electoral officer assured him that his name would be included in the register before the next election.
Mrs. Uche Ekwunife of the All Progressive Grand Alliance lamented the mix-up in the results sheets issued by INEC and said the resident electoral commissioner, whom she had complained to, seemed not to have any solution to the problem.
-Guardian
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