People’s Democratic Party (PDP) flag bearer in the just concluded governorship election in Anambra state Mr Henry Oseloka Obaze, has rejected the result of Saturday’s governorship election in Anambra.
Obaze, in a statement shortly after the official announcement on Sunday, said the result released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) did not reflect what happened on the field.
The Returning Officer, Zana Akpagu, who during the official release of the election result declared the incumbent governor Willie Obiano the winner of the Saturday 18 November 2017 governorship election said the candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) polled a total of 234, 071 votes to defeat his closest rival, Tony Nwoye of All Progressives Congress (APC), who scored 98, 752 votes.
According to Mr. Obaze there were cases of inconsistency and over voting when compared with the records from the electronic card reader adding that it was an aberration that APGA could win all the 21 local governments in the state.
The PDP candidate in the statement said “the Anambra governorship election results just released by INEC, does not reflect the realities of the votes cast on Nov. 18 by the Anambra electorate. The over voting and inconsistencies between the counted ballots and card reader data remains exceedingly worrisome. The uniformity of the incumbent governor wining twenty-one local governments is a political aberration in the context of Anambra politics”.
