Anambra Gov Poll: INEC Says Inconclusive As APC, LP and PDP Demand Fresh Election
Three parties and their candidates have rejected the results of the Saturday’s gubernatorial election in Anambra State. Dr. Chris Ngige of the All Progressives Congress, APC; Tony Nwoye of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP; and Ifeanyi Ubah of the Labour Party, LP have unanimously 
called for the cancellation of the poll.
In a released jointly signed by the three candidates, and made available to NigerianEcho, they called on the Nigerian electoral umpire, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to conduct a fresh election sighting massive irregularities in the Saturday election.
The statement reads:
” We, Senator Dr. Chris Nwabueze Ngige, Dr Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah and Comrade Tony Nwoye, candidates of All Progressives Congress (APC), Labour Party (LP) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) respectively, hereby call for the total cancellation of Anambra State Governorship Election held on the 16th Nov. 2013.
We are making this clarion call for total cancellation of the election because it was marred by gross irregularities emanating from:-
1. Gross manipulation of the Voters Register leading to disenfranchisement of thousands of innocent voters
2. Illegal removal of result sheets, doctoring of the said result sheets and massive removal of ballot booklet and thumb – printing of the said ballot papers
3. Harassment and intimidation of Polling Agents and voters by security officials and party thugs
4. Use of Voters Registers in some Local Government Councils different from the Voters Registers made available to candidates
5. Late arrival of electoral materials
6. Manufacturing of results in many polling units where no voting took place
“We are of the candid view that the sham election does not reflect the wishes and aspirations of Anambra voters.
Our call for the cancellation of this election is reinforced by the public admission by Professor Attahiru Jega, the INEC chairman that some INEC staff sabotaged the conduct of the Election.
This call for the cancellation of the Election would have been unnecessary if INEC had postponed the conduct of the election after becoming aware of the sabotage of the election by INEC officials”, the statement concluded.
Results of the election obtained by NigerianEcho showed that the candidate of the ruling party in the state, All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Willie Obiano won the election. He won in sixteen Local Government areas of the State with 171,975 votes. Tony Nwoye of the PDP came second wining two Local Government areas with 94,956 votes. APC candidate, Dr. Chris Ngige came third with 92,300 votes. He also won two Local Government areas. Ifeanyi Ubah of the LP came fourth winning only one Local Government Area.
However, INEC has refused to declare Obiano the winner of the election suggesting that the election was inconclusive. The general public may have to wait a little longer to know this. According to Prof. James Epoke, INEC’s Chief returning officer for the election, the election is inconclusive. The total number of votes cancelled was more than the difference between the number of votes cast for the winner and the runner up. Epoke said rerun will be held in some areas of the state.
