Anambra Election Update: APGA, APC In Tough Fight

FROM all indications, today’s governorship election in Anambra was a straight fight between the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) 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.

APGA was leading with APC trailing behind while the PDP in some of the places failed to clinch a vote.

The election 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 Nigeria.

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 in their strongholds.

Governor Willie Obiano who voted at his Eri Aguleri polling centre at 9:47am said that 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.

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, reports Sun Newspaper.

At Umudim Ward 2 Nnewi, where the widow of the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Ambassador Ojukwu voted, APGA swept the polls, dusting the APC that had earlier in the week received Ojukwu’s son, Emeka, to its fold.

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.

The reason this election is holding today and not in 2019 with those of most other states is rooted in the controversial nature of Anambra politics.