Former Vice President of Nigeria, Dr Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme is dead.
A statement from his family signed by his brother and the traditional ruler of Oko in Anambra State, Igwe Laz Ekwueme said that he died by 10:00pm in a London clinic, Sunday.
The statement read: “Ekwueme family regrets to announce the peaceful passing away of their patriarch, the former Vice-President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Dr Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme GCON.
“The sad event occurred at the London Clinic at 10:00 pm on Sunday 19th November 2017.”
Ekwueme had slumped in his Enugu residence, and immediately taken to the Memfys Neurosurgery Hospital Enugu, where he relapsed and went into coma.
As soon as he was stabilised in the hospital he was flown to London in an air ambulance last week.
Anyone asked the impact of Governor Obiano’s victory in the November 18 gubernatorial ballot in Anambra State could answer with a single word: Crushing. He won in all of the 21 local government areas of the state. His closest rivals came up in dismal second, third and fourth places. The combined total of the votes garnered by the rest of the 33 candidates managed to hit the hundreds. Significantly, ex-Governor Peter Obi, the godfather of PDP candidate Oseloka Obaze lost in his Anaocha local government area. Mr. Obaze himself lost in his Ogbaru local government area. His running mate, Mrs. Alexandria Chidi Onyemelukwe, famed daughter of Dr. Alex Ekwueme, lost in her Nnewi North local government area. The string of tragic losses is bewildering. APC candidate Tony Nwoye lost in his Anambra East local government area. His bankroller, the tycoon Arthur Eze, lost in his Dunukofia local government area. The loquacious PDP campaign director-general Joe-Martins Uzodike lost in the polling booth in front of his Awka-Etiti house. Indeed, APGA is a party of giant killers. All their opponents were buried in a landslide!
Anyone asked the meaning of Governor Obiano’s reelection could answer by saying that, “One good term deserves a second.” They would be right. But such an answer pleads for amplification. My younger sister, Mrs. Anne Offor, phoned to say “Congratulations.” In the small talk that followed, she said there was never an impulsion on her part to listen to the diatribe on radio that passed for political campaigns. She had no cause to attend an Obiano rally. She saw no point in busybodies preaching to the converted. She knew that her vote was for Obiano. Why?
My sister’s answer was the same as proffered by thousands of retirees in the state. With an honours degree in Mathematics from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, she went into teaching the subject at secondary school level. When she turned 60 during March 2017, mandatory retirement beckoned. “I got my gratuity less than two months after retirement. I’ve since been regularly and promptly collecting my pension, while in many other states workers are committing suicide for non-payment of salaries,” she explained. “That settled it for me. No further campaigning was necessary. My vote was for Willie Obiano.”
Willie Obiano is an empathetic leader. He is on record as saying that it was sinful not to pay workers their salaries as and when due. Even before becoming Governor, he turned over his vast estate in Aguleri to relief workers for the accommodation and comfort of flood victims. As Governor, he established proper platforms for giving a meaning to the lives of the physically challenged. Those with shattered limbs were fitted with prosthetic alternatives. Those with the necessary qualifications were given automatic employment. In discussions with him, he was always emphatic that governance had to run on the wheels of humanity. The problem of the collection of illegal levies and taxes was a knotty one. Yet he forbade the use of brute force on violators of the law. “No one should be hit; nobody should be beaten up. Offenders must only be arrested and prosecuted,” he maintained.
Governor Obiano has gradually been removing Anambra from the warp of kill, mangle, trample, strangle and obliterate. He has been building a kinder, gentler society way removed from the impunity of past unconscionable political leadership. He chased the kidnappers away, vowing to remain awake in order that his people would always sleep with both eyes wide shut! Rice, a staple food in these parts, always seemed like cultivated only for the affluent. He got his people Anambra Rice. He deployed time into ascertaining not just what the people wanted but, more importantly, what was inevitable for their individual and collective fulfillment.
The rational assumed that his second term of office was a fait accompli. The problems materialized precisely from that time in point. Those responsible for establishing a zoning system for the Anambra governorship seat to move in turns from one Senatorial district to another turned abruptly around and swore to disrupt and overturn the acclaimed arrangement. Politicians desperate to elude pursuers of ill-gotten lucre swamped what they tagged “Party of the National Grid” and vowed to orchestrate the very death of APGA, the only national political party rooted in the Igbo country. People deserving of checking themselves into prison for long stretches over multiple criminal infractions suddenly became the toast of expired politicians striking poses as kingmakers with oracular prowess. The din was overwhelming. The injustice was stultifying. From sunup to sundown they had a changeless song in their vocal cords – that of traducing Willie Obiano. If he spent a Kobo on a life-saving gadget for the State’s Teaching Hospital, they would post on the Internet that he had blown a hundred billion on choice wines. Even if he flew up to Abuja in a commercial flight and displayed his boarding pass for all to see, they would claim that he had chattered four aircraft for the 35-minute hop into the nation’s capital. The lies went ballistic on people’s senses.
There was also the sacrilege. They organized what was termed a political rally and used it to set ablaze bales of cloth bearing the image of General Ojukwu. Would anyone try that of Chief Obafemi Awolowo in the Yoruba country? Would anybody attempt that of Sir Ahmadu Bello in Arewaland? All sorts of characters deluged Anambra State, speaking at its people. The fact that Governor Obiano kept a cool head all through the impertinence and provocations, the fact that his people maintained the peace in the name of democracy, and the added fact that, in victory, neither Obiano nor APGA has been triumphalist, is a testament worthy of understanding. Anambra is not for pushing around. Ndigbo are not anybody’s second-class citizens.
The vanquished may now go into hibernation, licking their wounds, utterly humiliated, politically terminated, and their bloated egos comprehensively eviscerated. Governor Willie Obiano’s electoral victory means that the fate of Ndigbo is squarely in their own hands.
Chuks Iloegbunam is the chairman of Governor Obiano’s Media Team.
The Movement of Biafrans in Nigeria, MOBIN wishes to congratulate the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA in Anambra State for defeating all the other political parties and getting Governor Willie Obiano reelected to power.
MOBIN also wishes to thank Biafrans in Anambra State for heeding to its appeal that they participate in the elections and effect change through the polls, as a step towards the Biafra we pursue after.
It is on record that due to the political education which MOBIN massively carried out in Anambra State, Biafrans who came out to vote yesterday were far more than those who voted in 2013. This affirmative statement of Biafrans yesterday has made nonsense of the reckless campaign by some groups for the boycott of elections in Biafraland.
MOBIN hereby reinstates that until Biafrans massively pursue power through the ballot, using extant laws of Nigeria where we are still under, our efforts towards freedom will keep hitting the rocks.
The political experiment which we started just early this year has proved to be a tremendous success, since we have been vindicated by the victory of APGA which we Biafrans threw our support behind in the elections. We have always known that despite the labeling of the name ‘Biafra’ an anathema, Biafra is our true identity, and is the deciding factor that will make us or mar us in our pursuit of power and freedom.
We also want to use this medium to advise politicians and political parties, especially our earlier alliances that the time when the will of the people can be toyed with is gone. To be specific, the moment the United Progressive Party, UPP, betrayed the Biafrans, its fortunes went under. Today’s results clearly show that. You can no longer be able to decieve Biafrans and think you have succeeded.
To Biafrans we say, viva! We will make the same kind of statement we have made in Anambra in the rest of Biafraland, come 2019.
With utmost humility, I stand before you to accept thehistoric mandate you have bestowed on me today!
Umu nnem, the victory we savour today belongs neither to Willie Obiano nor to our great party, APGA. No! This sweet victory belongs to Ndi Anambra!
It belongs to the wheel barrow pushers and the Okada riders who have clearly seen in our recent political experience, a glimmer of light in the horizon.
It belongs to the farmers in Ayamelum, Onono, Ogbaru, Omasi, Omor and Ufuma who have now realized that Agriculture is the future of Nigeria.
It belongs to the teachers and civil servants who have seen that a motivated workforce is the greatest asset of any government and have rewarded our faith in them with an overwhelming verdict at the polls.
It belongs to the illustrious sons and daughters of Anambra State who have seen the STAR of this great state rise in the Eastern Skies and have answered our call for Aku luo uno; bringing home their Naira and Dollars to put our dear state on the investment map!
This victory belongs to all of us! Umu nnem, this victory isnot a winner takes it all. For in the New Anambra of my dream, everyone is a winner. Everyone!
So, I reach out a hand of brotherhood to my fellow contestants…Oseloka, Tony, Osita, Godwin and others whose names I cannot easily recall here. And I say to you;my brothers, we have all fought a good fight. But Anambra State is the WINNER! The interest of AnambraState is bigger than the private ambitions of anyone of us.. Therefore, I pray you to join hands with me and build a better place for Ndi Anambra! Our beloved state needs our talent and our time. The time to build a better place is NOW!
Indeed, this victory is a referendum on the solid resolve of Ndi Anambra to rise above average in all we do. We have demonstrated that we are indeed capable of taking charge of our lives and making difficult decisions that will brighten the future of our children. I have no doubt in my mind that we shall continue to lay the building blocks for a prosperous tomorrow for all.
Ndi Anambra, this mandate is dear to my heart. I see it as a historic call to inspire my people to greatness. I see it as a call to deny myself sleep that my people might sleep better. Umu nnem, I will not give myself rest until our beloved state has fully assumed the status of the model state of Nigeria. This is my promise to you all.
Fellow compatriots, this victory did not come by chance. It is the final product of the combined efforts of brilliant men and women who sacrificed their personal comfort to ensure that Anambra’s steady march to progress is not derailed.
My first and deepest gratitude goes to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President MuhammaduBuhari for proving to Ndi Anambra that under his watch, democracy will sink deeper roots in the Nigerian soil. Mr President promised us a free and fair election. Today, we can all see that he has kept his promise. Thank you so much Mr President!
I must also thank the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for conducting what has been widely adjudged a transparent election in Anambra State. With this election, INEC has shown that it has fully braced up for the 2019 elections. Thank you so much.
I will also not forget the vigilance of the Nigerian Police, the Nigerian Army and other law enforcement agencies whose alertness ensured that the expressed will of the people was not thwarted. Indeed, you have done an incredible job!
To the indefatigable DG of my re-election campaign organization, Chief Victor Umeh, Ibobo Aguleri, Ohamadike! You and the entire Campaign Team have written your names in gold. My immense gratitude goes to every member of APGA, from the Ward Chairman to the members of the National Executive Council; you have made us proud! Chukwu gozie unu nine.
And to all the members of the Anambra State Traditional Rulers Council, all the PGs and members of the various town unions across Anambra State, all the Bishops, Reverend Fathers and Pastors, the members of the organized Labour, the youths of Anambra State, the traders, the farmers, the ordinary men and women who look up to government for a better day, I assure you that my team and I shall never fail you.
Indeed, Ndi Anambra, on behalf of my capable Deputy, Dr Nkem Okeke, I thank you all for renewing this mandate and I urge you to prepare for the speedy transformation of Anambra State into a prosperous sub-national entity in the next four years.
Umu nnem, we have stepped into our finest hour. We have finally hit the proverbial bend in the river. Our journey into greatness is now assured. We are ready and willing to work with anyone who has something to share that will make Anambra State great.
We are open to new ideas, new visions of society and a New Hope!
The Customary Government of Indigenous Biafra People, through the office of the Administrator hereby wishes to congratulate the incumbent Governor of Anambra State, Gov. Willie Maduaburochukwu Obiano, the good people of Anambra state, NDI-IGBO and the great Biafran people in general, for the success WE recorded at the just concluded Gubernatorial election in Anambra State.
The Customary Government of Biafra is very happy to be associated with this success story and wishes to express our happiness to Ndi Anambra for the upholding the ‘Igwebuike’ spirit of Ndi Igbo. Ndi Anambra have displayed to the world today the indomitable spirit of Ndi Igbo in defending our own.
It is our believe that NDI-IGBO need a platform to peacefully and politically project our case in Nigerian political terrain. The success of APGA in this election is to show to the world that the fire of hope which our Leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu has put in place must continue to be rekindled until we arrive at our destination.
The overwhelming support APGA received at this election by Biafrans that gave her the overwhelming victory is anchored on the belief by Biafrans in the pursuit of our self determination agenda through political process.
We therefore thank our Great Biafran Indigenous Community in Anambra State for responding positively to our clarion call to disregard any call from any quarter calling for election boycott. It is our firm belief that our victory in restoring Biafrans’ right to self determination must be done peacefully, politically and diplomatically.
We therefore call on all our Biafran people to rally round the Government of Chief Willie Maduaburochukwu Obiano and APGA in all the Biafran states in order to build a formidable structure through which our voice will be heard.
We, onceagain congratulate the good people of Anambra state and their Government for the job well done.
Thank you and God bless
Sign:
Engr. Aniebue Anthony.
The Administrator, Customary Government of Biafran Indigenous, Community.
United States Deputy Secretary of State, John Sullivan, will be visiting Nigeria from November 19 to 20.
The Public Affairs Section, United States Diplomatic Mission to Nigeria, in a statement made available to Sunday Sun in Abuja, said during the visit, Sullivan will lead the U.S. inter-agency delegation to the Bi-National Commission (BNC) meetings in Abuja.
The Bi-National Commission, according to the US, will be hosted by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama.
“Working groups at the BNC will focus on security cooperation, governance and democracy, as well as economic growth and development.
“The Deputy Secretary is the highest ranking member of the Trump Administration to visit Nigeria and will convey the Administration’s commitment to a strong partnership with the government and people of Nigeria,” the statement read.
Giving a biographical background of Sullivan, the US Diplomatic Mission said Sullivan was confirmed by the U.S. Senate and sworn in as the Deputy Secretary of State on May 24, 2017.
“Prior to assuming his office, Sullivan was a partner in Mayer Brown LLP, and co-chair of the law firm’s national security practice.
“In addition to his decades of experience in private law practice, Mr. Sullivan has served in two prior administrations in senior positions at the Justice, Defense, and Commerce Departments.
“He served until 2009 as the Deputy Secretary of Commerce, following his service from 2005 to 2007 as the General Counsel of the Department.
“Previously, he was appointed Deputy General Counsel of the Defense Department by Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld.
“In the first Bush Administration, Mr. Sullivan was Counselor to Assistant Attorney General J. Michael Luttig in the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel.
“A native of Boston, Massachusetts, Deputy Secretary Sullivan received his bachelor’s degree from Brown University and his law degree from the Columbia University School of Law.
“Mr. Sullivan was a law clerk for Associate Justice David H. Souter of the Supreme Court of the United States, and for Judge John Minor Wisdom of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit,” the US Mission added.
The ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) took an early lead in the Anambra gubernatorial election held yesterday.
Early results show incumbent Governor Willie Obiano and his APGA clinching victory in most of the polling units which results have been announced since voting closed Saturday evening. With the All Progressives Congress (APC) chasing by some margin and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) following closely behind.
The candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance and Governor of Anambra State in yesterday’s governorship election in the state, Chief Willie Obiano, is most likely to win re-election when the final result of the election is announced. Unconfirmed reports at press time indicates that he is leading in 17 out of 21 local government areas in the state
From all indications, the election was a straight fight between the ruling APGA inthe state and the All Progressives Congress(APC) as early results at the various polling units showed the two parties dominating lead in the results with most of the other 35 parties that entered for the election scoring zero.In most of the polling units visited by Sunday Sun across the state, APGA was leading with APC trailing behind, while the PDP in some of the places failed to clinch a vote.
Meanwhile, the election witnessed high turnout of voters in virtually all the 21 local government areas of the state under an unprecedented peaceful atmosphere in the history of elections in the state. However, the election may have thrown up a new trend where political leaders in the state were able to deliver their polling units irrespective of their political parties. The trend saw the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) winning in Agulu Ward 2 polling unit 19, Amatutu, of former governor Peter Obi; APC winning in Prince Arthur Eze’s Ukpo Ward 1, Ekwueme Hall polling units and also in Nkwoide Ward 1, Alor of Minister of Labour, Dr Chris Ngige.
However, the political leaders of the APC and PDP had great challenges trying to deliver their wards and polling units as APGA gave them good run for their money in their strongholds.
Governor Willie Obiano, who voted at his Eri Aguleri polling centre at 9:58a.m, said he was impressed by the large turnout of voters across the state.
He noted that the election was peaceful, saying that he was sure of a landslide victory at the end of the day.
He disclosed that as he tried to vote, the card reader could not verify his fingerprint, which he said was later rectified.
In a chat with newsmen at the polling station, the Resident Electoral Commissioner for Jigawa State who was in charge of Anambra East and West local government areas, Prof. Shehu Riskuwa, admitted that they had card readers issues, which he said their technicians were working hard to resolve.
At Otolo Ward 1 in Nnewi North Local Government Area, when the counting of votes began, there was pandemonium as an APC agent tried to snatch the ballot box when he noticed that APGA was leading in the results.
Security agents at the centre intervened and the agent was chased away and the results were declared with APGA winning.
At Umudim Ward 2 Nnewi, where the widow of the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Ambassador Bianca Ojukwu voted,APGA swept the polls, dusting the APC that had earlier in the week received Ojukwu’s son, Emeka, to its fold.
Bianca said she was hopeful that APGA would win the election in a landslide, saying that the people had again demonstrated great love for Ojukwu.
Also speaking, Prince Ojinwafor Orizu said that APGA winning in Nnewi was essentially to tell Ojukwu’s son, Emeka, who defected to the APC, that he was alone.
He said that they were still standing on the legacies of the late Ojukwu as encapsulated in APGA. Former Ohanaeze President General, Dr Dozie Ikedife, whose son is the running mate of Tony Nwoye of the APC, said that the election was peaceful and turnout impressive and was no way affected by the persuasion of the Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB) for the people of Anambra State to boycott the election.
Ikedife noted that the new method of simultaneous accreditation and voting adopted by the INEC has greatly improved the electoral process in the country.
Also speaking, former APGA National Chairman, Chief Victor Umeh, who was present when the results of his Aguluzoigbo Ward in Aniocha LGA were announced, said that though the election in the area was peaceful, three card readers deployed to polling units failed, leading to delay in voting.
He thanked the people of the state for coming out to vote en masse and shunning calls by IPOB to boycott the poll, saying that such an action would have been against the state.
Umeh said that APGA has shown superior political power and acceptance by the people who had spoken through the poll.Also the PDP candidate, Mr. Oseloka Obaze, while speaking to newsmen shortly after casting his vote at his Ochuche Ward 6, countered the views of the APGA chieftains as he claimed that from his monitoring there seemed to be low turnout of voters.
He said: “I chose to wait towards the closing of the accreditation period to vote. I have been busy monitoring the process across the state. Evidently, there seems to be low voter turnout; I don’t know the cause of the apathy. You can explain low turnout in the city because people might have travelled to their villages to vote, but across some of the other places we don’t know why the turnout is low.”
While commending the peaceful process, which he said was gratifying, Obaze lamented that in some places, voting was yet to start as at 12:00 noon.
He said he received reports of vote buying but said he and his campaign organisation were not involved, saying he campaigned vigorously and believed that the people would vote for him because they believe in his mission.
The APGA National Chairman, Chief Victor Oye, commended INEC and the security agencies for the conduct of a peaceful election, noting that with the results he had already received from the polling units, his party, APGA was cruising to victory.
“Here I have a situation room and I get results from every polling unit, not ward, but polling units. As we speak, APGA has won almost all the wards in Anambra State with the exception of two polling units where we lost, like we lost in Amansea, the Igwe’s place, a very narrow winning for APC there. In my own Awka South here, we won all the 20 wards, we lost only one polling unit.
“Generally it is wonderful. I told the press two days ago that I have implicit confidence in the ability of Mammaud Yakubu to organise a free and fair election. Having listened to him during the press briefing he had on Tuesday, I listened to him carefully and I read his lips and I saw the truth in what he was saying.We went through the materials, for example, some of the security marks will make it impossible for anybody to clone anything, and the ballot papers were varied.
“The security agencies, contrary to people’s trepidation, did very well; nobody was intimidated. They were there just doing their job; they didn’t interfere with even the staff of INEC or the voters. So, I commend the DIG Operations who led the operations. We commend INEC; the Commission will write its name in gold if it conducts the type of election it conducted in Anambra State in 2019 when we have more states to handle,” he said.
Former Presidential Adviser on National Assembly Matters, Senator Joy Emodi, who voted at her Central School polling unit, Odoakpu Ward 2, Onitsha, expressed gratitude to God for a peaceful exercise contrary to the tension that was created in the state, just as she commended the turnout.
Commenting on the exercise, the Police Commissioner on election duty, Mr. Ali Janga, described the conduct of the election as peaceful, noting that the Command had not arrested anyone as at afternoon when he spoke.
Janga, who is the Commissioner of Police, Kogi State said: “It is peaceful, so far so good, no arrest has been made.”
Meanwhile, two persons were arrested by the police at Ofianta Ward 8, Nsugbe, polling unit of the APC candidate, Dr Nwoye for disturbing the voting process.
According to an eyewitness, trouble allegedly started when the Council Chairman, whom they gave his name as Pius Ifeadi, came to the polling unit with some young men suspected to be thugs and went to the electoral officers with his boys but was stopped by the natives.
His boys allegedly refused to leave and fracas ensued, which temporarily stopped the voting until the police arrested the situation and apprehended two of the boys.However, there was slight apathy in the Onitsha area as voting did not start early in most of the places.
A resident of Onitsha, Mr John Ugah, said that the voter apathy in Onitsha was connected with the IPOB threat and sit-at-home it declared to boycott the election, stressing that many people were afraid to come out due to the fear of the unknown.“You know that this area is prone to crisis which made some people to stay at home But at the end, nothing happened in the area as anticipated and we thank God for the peaceful election,” Ugah stated.
Also Senator Alphonsus Igbeke, who represented Anambra North Senatorial Zone between 2007 and 2011, commended the INEC for releasing election materials on time for the election. Speaking with newsmen in Nsugbe, he said he was impressed with the turnout of voters, just as he commended the police for securing the people and electoral materials.
Parties induce voters with cash
…Ben Obi loses ward to APGA
From Romanus Ugwu,
in Awka
The Interim National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ben Obi, has lost his ward to the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in yesterday’s Anambra governorship election.
There was wild jubilation as APGA emerged clear winner of the four polling units in the ward, garnering 69, 63, 27, 34 to relegate the All Progressives Congress (APC) with 47, 33, 22, 10 and PDP with 35, 33, 31, 8 to the first and second runners-up.
Meanwhile, it was brisk business for the electorate at the three polling stations comprising EC 30 C, EC 30 A, EC 30 B of Oye Market Square III, Awka V, Awka South Local Government Area (LGA), as they pocketed amounts ranging from N500 to N2000 to vote for certian candidates in the election.
Incidentally, the inducements of the voters cut across all the political parties, as they battled to outsmart each other in all the polling stations monitored by Sunday Sun.
The voters were asked to show evidence of the party they voted for before collecting their money. However, those trusted by the agents were given the cash before voting, while certain persons stationed near the polling units had to confirm to the agents that those they were not sure of voted appropriately before they were paid.
Sunday Sun observed that most of the voters had to even bargain for an amount before making up their minds to cast their votes, just as some of the parties pegged their amount at N2,000 from the beginning of voting before reducing it to N1,000 later.
It was also observed that the security agents appeared to be in active connivance with the party agents, as they did nothing to stop the malpractice.
“They said they are giving us N2000 to vote,” some of the voters announced on arrival at the polling stations to attract the attention of the canvassers who would kick-start the bargaining process.
It was also observed that the canvassers, comprising both men and young ladies, pocketed N2000 for convincing any electorate and confirming that he or she voted accordingly. Canvassers who ran out of cash were seen making frantic telephone calls to their principals to supply more cash.
All the polling stations in Ezi Umuogbu, Awka, the parties virtually turned the station into a market place as the inducement was done with impunity. Fielding questions from Sunday Sun after casting his vote at 11.50am, the Interim National Secretary of the PDP, Senator Ben Obi, observed that there was low turnout of voters, blaming it on the massive deployment of security agents, which he said, intimidated the electorate.
Obi, whose fingerprint was initially rejected by the card readers, however, commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for improving the voting process especially with the introduction of simultaneous accreditation and voting.He however, urged the Commission to further improve on the process, saying, “the idea of battling with the card reader was discouraging.”
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The much talk about Anambra State governorship election has come and gone, what is left is the stories it left behind as the general public awaits the final result.
But, just as anticipated, the election witnessed low turn out, which many attributed IPOB election boycott and threat as the major factor that affected the process today.
BVI Channel 1 visited some polling unit to get eye witness account from electorates during the exercise.
The interview reflects the opinion of the people without being bias.
