The governorship election in Anambra State on Saturday was marred by disenfranchisement, logistic problems and pockets of violence.Some of the major contenders in the race expressed dissatisfaction with the exercise.
In Alor, the ward of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Senator Chris Ngige, only 72 names were found in the register containing 600 voters.
The names of the flag bearer of Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) Comrade Tony Nwoye and his parents were not found on the voting list and could not vote at their polling booths in Nsugbe.
Nwoyes mentor and chief financier, Chief Arthur Eze, could also not vote. His name was also missing. Independent National Electoral Commission officials at the polling booths could not give reasons for the omission of the names of the affected persons who had valid voters card.
Speaking with newsmen later, Nwoye said the rigging of the election was pre-planned with the use the police and the army.
He said his parents and himself voted in the same ward where their names could not be found now during the last general election in 2011.
According to him, over 70 percent of the registered names in his ward were missing. He lamented his inability to reach the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC) Prof Attahiru Jega to lodge a formal complain.
“Unlike during the time of Iwu when I was the PDP chairman in the state, you get him with just one dial,” he said.
He said he is resigning himself to fate until the results of the elections were released.
Voters affected by last year’s flood disaster, estimated to be about three thousands, could not vote in many centres due to loss of their voters cards to the flood.
The people of Anambra East and Ogbaru local government council areas were worst hit.
They had come out for accreditation in the morning, like all other voters, but could not produce their cards having lost all of them to the flood. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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