The Anambra Governorship Election is inconclusive, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said.
The electoral body disclosed this in a press conference in Akwa, Anambra state capital in the early hours of Monday.
INEC returning officer of the Saturday elections, Professor Florence Obi, said the election could not end on first ballot because there was no voting in Ihiala Local Government Area of the state.
She said a supplementary election will hold in Ihiala on Tuesday according to the Electoral Act.
“I, Prof. Florence Obi, with the power vested on me as the returning officer, hereby suspend the collation and announcement of any result until elections are conducted in 320polling units in the Ihiala local government,” she said.
“The supplementary election will take place on Tuesday 9th November ” the returning officer said.
21st CENTURY CHRONICLE reports that Professor Chukwuma Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) secured the highest votes in the Saturday’s election.
Obi said Soludo polled a total of 103,946 votes, followed by Mr Valentine Ozigbo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who had 51,322 votes while Senator Andy Uba of the All Progressives Congress (APC) came a distant third with 42,942 votes.
There was total of 246,638 registered voters and 241,090 accredited voters in the election.
She said the total valid votes stood at 229,521 while rejected votes were 7,841.
While a total of 237,362 votes were cast in the Saturday election.
