Anambra State has been conducted amidst complaints of electoral fraud
and malpractice.
Several inconsistencies during the April 11 House of Assembly election
led to the cancellation of the poll in 32 wards and 500 polling units
spread across Anaocha, Aguata and Ekwusigo Local Government Areas.
At a primary school in Egbema Ozubulu, Ekwusigo Local Government Area,
where there were three polling units with over 500 registered voters
each, accreditation with the card reader was successful. Though, the
turnout of voters was not impressive.
The situation was not the same at Umuoru Hall in Uga ward 1. The
center had five polling units but voters were at daggers drawn fracas
with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials
who they asked to produce the result sheets.
The suspicion of the missing result sheets was created by the two
Supervising Presiding Officers posted to the unit who suddenly
disappeared with their cell phones switched off.
The people accused some of the political heavy weights in the
community, who they felt were battling for supremacy, as responsible
for the electoral fraud.
Uga ward 1 had 25 polling units. The incumbent Senator representing
the Anambra South senatorial zone, Senator Andy Uba, as well as the
incumbent member of the House of Assembly, Honorable Ikechukwu Umeh,
were both registered voters in the ward and are in different political
parties.
As the war raged on, many voters left while some in polling unit 023
continued with accreditation.
However, the Presiding officer succumbed to the intense pressure of
cancelling the election in Umuoru as the calls he put across to his
superiors ended with him writing a report on the election that
couldn't hold due to disruption by party agents.
While voting was successfully done at polling unit 005 at St Peters,
voters at Umumonye Hall did not see any INEC official or ballot
materials and they were not given any reason for the
disenfranchisement.
--ChannelsTV
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