USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: INEC cancels Anambra Central senatorial result

Dear All:

This is very swift action from INEC....commendable if limited to the specific areas of complaint.

Bolaji Aluko

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The Independent National Electoral Commission has cancelled the result of the senatorial election in Anambra Central Senatorial District.

It said a rerun would be fixed for a date to be announced soon.

The decision was announced at a press conference in Awka by the newly appointed Returning Officer for Anambra Central, Prof. Charles Esinone. The Resident Electoral Commissioner, Prof. Chukwuemeka Onukaogu, also attended the briefing, where he told newsmen that Esinone had been replaced the former RO, Mr. Alex Anene.

The major candidates in the election are a former governor of the state, Dr. Chris Ngige (Action Congress of Nigeria); ex-Minister of Information and Communications, Prof. Dora Akunyili (All Progressives Grand Alliance); and the incumbent, Chief Annie Okonkwo (Accord Party).

The declaration of the result ran into a deadlock when Anene said on Sunday that he was being pressurised by officials of the state government and APGA to declare Akunyili as the winner of the poll.

He had told newsmen in Awka that the interests promised him a house, scholarship for his children and N10 million if he declared Akunyili as the winner of the election and accepted the 'mutilated' result from Njikoka Local Government Area.

He said he rejected the gifts and was quitting the assignment because his conscience would not allow him to announce a mutilated result.

Ngige swiftly petitioned INEC, asking it to cancel the result in Anaocha Local Government Area because 22,000 votes were allocated in it to Akunyili.

However, at a separate briefing at her campaign office in Awka, Akunyili said that before the election, Anene was arrested with fake poll monitors and later released on bail. She alleged that instead of going to report to the police, Anene called journalists and raised allegations against her party.

 

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 Map of Anambra State

      (Showing LGAs and Senatorial Districts (in color code))

 

 

DETAILS OF RESULTS DURING GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION: OBI Vs. NGIGE OF 2009

 

LGA	LGA NAME	Population (2006 Census)         A	TOTAL No. of Registered Voters (initial)     B	TOTAL No. of Registered Voters (final)     C	C/A %    D		Peter Obi   APGA       E	Chris Ngige   AC       F	Charles Soludo   PDP       G	Andy Uba   LP       H	Nicholas Ukacukwu   HDP       I	Uche Ekwunife   PPA       J	K=    E+F+G+H+I+J		Total Votes recorded         L	Total Votes Rejected         M	Total Votes           N	Winner	% Recorded Votes
1	Aguata	369,972	89,500	94,557	25.6		6235	1881	5269	3395	487	346	17613		18721	1747	20468	Obi	33.3
2	Ayamelum	158,152	84,454	105,959	67.0		4322	2433	5756	6301	1395	1098	21305		21766	999	22765	Uba	28.9
3	Anambra East	152,149	29,239	44,500	29.2		1889	754	2720	390	684	299	6736		7212	593	7805	Soludo	37.7
4	Anambra West	167,303	82,138	87,687	52.4		2941	1281	2716	1962	1020	963	10883		11193	674	11867	Obi	26.3
5	Anaocha	284,215	96,597	104,233	36.7		14693	1646	1614	462	229	561	19205		19693	919	20612	Obi	74.6
6	Awka North	112,192	84,727	99,003	88.2		3716	1454	2086	1193	1713	1132	11294		11652	557	12209	Obi	31.9
7	Awka South	189,654	76,519	78,188	41.2		6082	3718	3094	1588	354	312	15148		15877	967	16844	Obi	38.3
8	Dunukofia	96,517	55,101	58,550	60.7		1319	2823	2257	632	754	260	8045		8547	481	9028	Ngige	33.0
9	Ekwusigo	158,429	57,469	73,562	46.4		4030	2454	2912	649	1207	503	11755		12304	713	13017	Obi	32.8
10	Idemili North	431,005	96,366	105,854	24.6		1181	7936	1036	398	166	159	10876		11188	590	11778	Ngige	70.9
11	Idemili South	206,816	77,942	110,773	53.6		2049	9043	2520	760	935	671	15978		16533	688	17221	Ngige	54.7
12	Ihiala	302,277	78,237	83,348	27.6		5996	1803	4945	523	1458	461	15186		16029	1013	17042	Obi	37.4
13	Njikoka	148,394	79,417	84,910	57.2		5445	2931	1816	1060	353	754	12359		12985	768	13753	Obi	41.9
14	Nnewi North	155,443	104,107	113,013	72.7		3234	3970	2418	227	562	182	10593		10921	535	11456	Ngige	36.4
15	Nnewi South	233,362	54,925	65,384	28.0		2061	2469	1994	490	5577	246	12837		13451	632	14083	Ukachukwu	41.5
16	Ogbaru	223,317	106,414	113,713	50.9		5280	1870	1806	862	487	197	10502		10830	600	11430	Obi	48.8
17	Onitsha North	125,918	80,739	83,665	66.4		6602	2459	2125	477	412	104	12179		12408	1093	13501	Obi	53.2
18	Onitsha South	137,191	95,084	97,228	70.9		10017	3511	1624	860	543	206	16761		17089	884	17973	Obi	58.6
19	Orumba North	172,773	75,826	88,278	51.1		6298	1270	4371	2059	696	445	15139		15696	864	16560	Obi	40.1
20	Orumba South	184,548	64,216	67,935	36.8		2589	1649	1902	1226	921	326	8613		9099	550	9649	Obi	28.5
21	Oyi	168,201	73,679	84,475	50.2		1864	2885	4374	592	824	370	10909		11353	818	12171	Soludo	38.5
	TOTAL	4,177,828	1,642,696	1,844,815	44.1		97843	60240	59355	26106	20777	9595	273916		284547	16685	301232	Obi	34.4

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