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STATEMENT BY THE RETURNING OFFICER FOR THE ANAMBRA STATE GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION, PROFESSOR FLORENCE BANKU OBI, ON THE SUSPENSION OF COLLATION OF RESULTS PENDING THE CONDUCT OF A SUPPLEMENTARY ELECTION IN IHIALA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA.
(... SUNDAY 7TH NOVEMBER 2021.)

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.

Let me commence by sincerely thanking all of you, particularly the polling agents of the political parties, for the peaceful and decorous manner we have conducted affairs so far. The brotherly spirit which has come through today is not only noteworthy, but also worthy of emulation. As you all know, we have collated results for twenty (20) out of twenty-one (21) Local Government Areas. The outstanding result is for Ihiala Local Government Area where, for various reasons, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) could not deploy yesterday. Consequently, based on Constitutional considerations, provisions of the Electoral Act and the Revised Regulations and Guidelines for the Conduct of Elections issued by the Commission, supplementary election is indicated for Ihiala Local Government Area.

First, Section 179 (2) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) provides that to be declared the winner of the Governorship election, a candidate must secure both the highest number of votes cast and 25% of the votes cast in at least two-thirds of the Local Government Areas of the State. Therefore, it is important to complete the election in Ihiala Local Government Area in order to make that determination.

Similarly, Section 179 (3) of the Constitution provides that a run-off election shall take place if no candidate meets the requirements of Sub-section 2 of that Section. Such a run-off shall be between the candidate with the highest number of votes and ONE among the remaining candidates who secured a majority of votes in the highest number of Local Government Areas in the State. This further underscores the importance of conducting election in all the Local Government Areas before a declaration can be made.

Secondly, Section 26 of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) envisages the postponement of an election where there is a cogent and verifiable reason to do so, especially threat of breach of the peace. One major reason for not deploying for election in Ihiala on Saturday, 6th November 2021, is security threat which led to staffing and transportation constraints, among others.

Finally, Clause 47 of the Revised Regulations and Guidelines for the Conduct of Elections provides that supplementary election shall be conducted where the Commission due to logistical challenges is unable to deploy on election day.

Given the foregoing, it becomes imperative to bring Ihiala Local Government Area at par with the other twenty (20) Local Government Areas in this election before we can make a valid declaration or take any further necessary action based on the extant law.

Therefore, I, Professor Florence Banku Obi, in my capacity as Returning Officer for this election, hereby announce the suspension of the process of collation of results and declaration of a winner until the supplementary election is held in the 326 Polling Units in Ihiala Local Government of the State.

I have conferred with the Commission, being the body responsible for fixing the date of the election, and the Commission has decided that the supplementary election will take place on Tuesday, 9th November 2021.
Thereafter, the collation of results shall resume.

Once more, I thank you all for your exceptional conduct so far and appeal to you to INEC during the supplementary election so that we can bring this election to a satisfactory conclusion for the good people of Anambra State and to the glory of God.

Thank you very much.


Professor Florence Banku Obi
Returning Officer.
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Source:
Official INEC’s Facebook Page.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=260293829457017&id=100064292065433

According to the Third Paragraph, does that mean that the remaining election in Ihiala will be between only APGA and PDP.??

Better, the earlier the conclude it the lesser the tension. Wisdom is profitable to direct

Lalasticlala..
Please take this to the front page.
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Many people believed the earlier speculated date which is 13th November.

God bless APGA.
God bless Anambra Steeti.
God bless Igbo Nation!

Power to God.
Power to the people.
Olu mmadụ, olu Chineke!

Okay!

Anambra will give apc final RIP.

realstars:
Anambra will give apc final RIP.

APC might not even be among again sef

Lalasticlala,
Seun.
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E be like say the supplementary election in Ihiala will just be between only APGA and PDP.??

BluntCrazeMan:
APC might not even be among again sef

Lets sympatice Joe Ibokwe for the great lost and commence the remains of apc to RIP,

BluntCrazeMan:
APC might not even be among again sef

You understand the paragraph. She was explaining the sub-section if no candidate meets the requirements of that sub-section. All political parties involved in the election will be available in the ballot

realstars:
Lets sympatice Joe Ibokwe for the great lost and commence the remains of apc to RIP,

Nothing to it,is what we have been saying,SE hate APC with ion,now the power that will now see clearly, presidential ticket must not b given to them

BluntCrazeMan:
Lalasticlala,
Seun.
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E be like say the supplementary election in Ihiala will just be between only APGA and PDP.??

Stop misunderstanding simple issues

Just about 8% turnout.
APC couldn't find means to do their magic arithmetic this time.
Though the security threat contributed to the poor turnout,BVAS deployed by INEC ensured 8% turnout was what was actually recorded in the results.
Left for some people,they would have turned 8% to 65% turnout in their sitting rooms and got a returning officer to announce same fake results,knowing by law once he/she does so,even at grenade point,only the courts can overturn it.They then ask you to proceed to the courts where a set of corrupt justices can easily be given ₦1billion each and told to authenticate same winner,even when his tallied votes exceed number of ed voters!

ok

Nice

Ok

Great news






APGA to give Dem final burial

Buhari be like...

BluntCrazeMan:


https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=260293829457017&id=100064292065433

According to the Third Paragraph, does that mean that the remaining election in Ihiala will be between only APGA and PDP.??

Let's wrap it up. But surprisingly, Ifeanyi Uba of YPP, had a very impressive outing, even when he didn't make much noise on social media unlike Maduka of Alexreport

Let's do this once and for all
Soludo to be declared winner by Wednesday

Governor Chukwuma Soludo is the only governor in the history of Nigeria who will be spending 3 in office. Lolss.

If you know you know.

APGA can even give APC the Osun treatment. They should align with Ozigbo, since it's going to be between only APGA and PDP.

Tomorrow INEC will declare APC candidate the winner.

Ok

Olatomiwami:



Nothing to it,is what we have been saying,SE hate APC with ion,now the power that will now see clearly, presidential ticket must not b given to them

Those that have the presidential and vice presidential ticket,how have they made Nigeria better?

We shall monitor it closely. God be with the people!

Praise God now

I hope the Osun state magic did not play out tomorrow

Hopefully, there wouldn't be manipulations.