Anambra Inconclusive Election: INEC Blames IPOB For Poor Voter Turnout
IPOB has been accused by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the poor voter participation in the November 6 governorship election, which was deemed inconclusive.
“There is a whole state of fear that has been created by the politics of agitation for a separate state in this part of the country,” Sam Egwu, INEC’s supervising resident electoral commissioner to Anambra, told Channels TV Sunday evening. “IPOB has been able to enforce the sit-at-home order over time. So the fear of IPOB has become the beginning of wisdom.”
Speaking on the impact IPOB had on the turnout, he noted, “We have had a problem with extremely low voter turnout. The voter turnout, I think, if you are scientific in terms of what we are seeing in many local governments, you are actually dealing with less than 25 per cent voter turnout, and this is not really good for our democracy.”
Mr. Egwu was the supervising resident electoral commissioner for the local government areas of Onitsha North, Onitsha South, and Ogbaru.
INEC postponed the governorship election in Anambra until November 9 in the early hours of Monday.
Returning Officer Florence Obi said the election did not take place in Ihiala LGA and that announcing the winner would be difficult due to the leading candidate Charles Soludo’s insufficient margin of victory.
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Mr Soludo’s APGA has maintained a commanding advantage over his two rivals, the APC and the PDP, but Ihiala has more registered voters than APGA’s runner-up PDP.
On Saturday, elections were held in 20 of the state’s 21 local government units. Officials claim that residents of the local government were unable to exercise their franchise due to technical issues, logistics, and security concerns.
