Anambra Decides 2021: Live Updates as INEC Begins Official Collation of Results in Awka
It's Sunday, November 7. Voting has mostly concluded in the Anambra 2021 governorship election and collation is currently ongoing at local government areas level.
In the next few hours, actions will shift to Awka, the state capital, where the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will receive the results from the LGAs, do the final collation and declare the winner.
From the live updates of the voting process to sorting and counting of results at the polling units and LGAs level, Legit.ng has kept you informed about all the important happenings in the Anambra governorship election.
At the final collation centre in Awka, we are on ground to provide you with an accurate live updates of the final, verified results. Stay tuned!
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How APC, APGA, PDP, YPP stand
APC— 42942
APGA— 103946
PDP— 51322
YPP— 20917
Returning officer continues speaks
She said for various reasons, including security threats, INEC could not deploy materials to Ihiala LGA.
Supplementary elections now scheduled for Ihiala LGA.
She said elections have to be conducted in Ihiala LGA before declaration was made.
Prof announced the suspension of collation and declaration of winner until election is held in Ihiala LGA
Supplementary poll: Tuesday; November 9.
Party agents now signing the results
While some are signing, some party agents are not present.
APC agent refuses to sign though he is present.
APGA agent signs the result.
PDP agent refuses to sign too.
Copies of the results are being handed to the parties.
PDP agent asked for his copy but was told those who signed would first be given.
APC agent also asked for his copy. They were both given eventually but was told the remaining copies were not very clear.
REC is back: Final results declared
The REC is back. Comments from the APC agent.
He commends the returning officer. He thanked her particularly for how the result from Orumba North LGA was handled. He, however, asked that the results of the LGA not to be considered.
In plain terms, the APC party agent rejects the result from Orumba North LGA.
The returning officer now speaks:
Ladies and gentlemen, we are done with the collation. Having collated results from the 20 of the 21 LGAs of the state, I want to read out the total votes held by each party.
Final results
Registered Voters— 246638
Accredited Voters — 241090
A— 1793
AA— 76
AAC— 580
ADC— 313
ADP— 743
APC— 42942
APGA— 103946
APM— 288
APP— 133
BP— 173
LP— 2697
NNPP— 111
NRM— 207
PDP— 51322
PRP— 428
SDP— 782
YPP— 20917
ZLP— 2070
Total Valid Votes— 229521
Rejected Votes— 7841
Total Votes Cast— 237362
We are waiting for REC to know final declaration
Professor Obi has asked the audience to wait for the REC tp come back before she finally speaks on the results collated so far.
The REC had been by her side before but stepped out shortly.
Summary
APGA wins 19 LGAs
YPP wins 1 LGA
PDP wins 1 LGA
APC wins 0 LGA
Ihiala LGA - Election did not hold
Final Result after verification: Orumba North LGA: Soludo wins
Registered Voters— 93,608
Accredited Voters — 11,977
A— 97
AA— 02
AAC— 114
ADC— 24
ADP— 40
APC— 2,672
APGA— 4,787
APM— 10
APP— 03
BP— 11
LP— 160
NNPP— 07
NRM— 17
PDP— 1,847
PRP— 43
SDP— 58
YPP— 655
ZLP— 24
Total Valid Votes— 10,571
Rejected Votes— 568
Total Votes Cast— 11,139
Orumba North LGA saga
After hours of deliberation, the committee set up to look into the electoral malpractice alleged to have happened in Orumba North LGA, resolved to call for the BIVAS that were used “but was not achievable as high authority made it known to us the BIVAS were not available.”
A member of the committee goes on to read out areas where irregularities were observed in the LGA.
The Cable reported that the committee said it had to evaluate the results based on the documents presented before it.
The committee said it noted wrong computation; figures of accredited voters not tallying with the expected numbers.
Professor Obi asked the committee to read out the final results, but the committee asked if it should do this with or without the RAs where irregularities were noted.
Obi asked the committee to read out the final results, but the committee asked if it should do this with or without the RAs where irregularities were noted.
The committee also said its mandate was to investigate the alleged irregularities and not to compute the votes scored by each party in the LGA and will not take responsibility for the result.
Professor Obi deliberates for a few minutes and asked for the result. The result has been tendered to the returning officer.
Collation resumes
The returning officer, Professor Obi, says the results of the election in Orumba North will be re-collated at the INEC conference hall.
Party agents are allowed to observe the re-collation.
INEC officials go on 30-minute break
Professor Obi announces another 30-minute break.
She said:
"We’ve taken results from 19 LGAs out of 21. One, we will have to discuss, and one there was no election at all.”
The two LGAs are Orumba North and Ihiala LGA.
Number of registered voters in Orumba North LGA: 93,608
Number of registered voters in Ihiala LGA: 148,407
SUMMARY of LGAs won by the parties
APGA: 17
PDP: 1
YPP:1
APC: 0
No Election: 2 LGAs
Two LGAs -- Ihiala LGA and Orumba North -- are outstanding.
Anambra West LGA: Soludo wins
Registered voters - 62,637
Accredited voters - 5,242
A - 3
AA - 10
AAC - 6
ADC - 2
ADP - 20
APC - 1,233
APGA - 1,918
APM - 13
APP - 3
BP - 1
LP - 57
NNPP - 4
NRM - 7
PDP - 1,401
PRP - 9
SDP - 17
YPP - 357
ZLP - 31
Total valid votes - 5,092
Rejected votes - 140
Total votes cast - 5,232
Awka North LGA: Soludo wins
Registered Voters— 72,036
Accredited Voters— 4,447
A— 23
AAC— 14
ADC— 04
ADP— 12
APC— 755
APGA— 1908
APM— 09
APP— 01
BP— 36
LP— 02
NRM— 03
PDP— 840
PRP— 04
SDP— 16
YPP— 381
ZLP— 47
Total Valid Votes— 4,061
Rejected Votes— 183
Total Votes Cast— 4,244
Orumba North LGA: Controversy over the entire election
Registered voters - 93,608
Accredited voters -
Dr Micheal Otu, collation officer for Orumba North LGA, begins by saying his experience on the field was pathetic but “I thank God I’m alive.” He says he signed the documents under duress.
“I signed the results, but I didn’t believe in the results,” the collation officer said.
He also accused INEC officials attached to him of conniving with those who disrupted the process. He said he was tear-gassed and almost collapsed.
The accused electoral officer replied:
“He has never had the experience of how to collate results. He does not know the difference between conducting elections and collation. When collation officers finished their work, this man spend two hours on each. This man does not know his left from the right."
APGA agent, Victor Umeh, says collation officer hired to destroy election
He accuses the collation officer of being “hired to destroy this election.” He said his party won the election in the LGA.
Nnewi South LGA: Soludo wins
Registered voters - 89,357
Accredited voters - 9,598
A - 12
AA - 05
AAC - 16
ADC - 09
ADP - 37
APC - 1,307
APGA - 3,243
APM - 30
APP - 04
BP - 07
LP - 896
NNPP - 08
NRM - 06
PDP - 2,226
PRP - 14
SDP - 45
YPP - 1,327
ZLP -
Total valid votes - 9,225
Rejected votes - 319
Total votes cast - 9,544
Ekwusigo LGA: Soludo wins
Registered voters - 82,236
Accredited voters - 6,864
A - 18
AA - 1
AAC - 9
ADC - 4
ADP - 22
APC - 1,237
APGA - 2,570
APM - 3
APP - 2
BP - 2
LP - 54
NNPP - 2
NRM - 0
PDP - 1,857
PRP - 9
SDP - 23
YPP - 727
ZLP - 13
Total valid votes - 6,553
Rejected votes - 216
Total votes cast - 6,769
Idemili North LGA: Soludo wins
Registered Voters— 210689
Accredited Voters— 12621
A— 31
AA— 02
AAC— 28
ADC— 23
ADP— 36
APC— 2291
APGA— 5358
APM— 21
APP— 10
BP— 06
LP— 52
NNPP— 08
NRM— 17
PDP— 2312
PRP— 23
SDP— 28
YPP— 903
ZLP— 649
Total Valid Votes— 11807
Rejected Votes— 290
Total Votes Cast— 12197
Ihiala LGA: No election held throughout the LGA
Registered voters - 148, 407
The LGA has 20 Registration Areas (RA)
Aguata LGA: Soludo wins
Registered voters - 144,766
Accredited voters - 20,809
A - 111
AA - 7
AAC - 73
ADC - 32
ADP - 91
APC - 4,773
APGA - 9,136
APM - 40
APP - 11
BP - 22
LP - 132
NNPP - 11
NRM - 30
PDP - 3,798
PRP - 31
SDP - 60
YPP - 1,070
ZLP - 120
Total valid votes - 19,548
Rejected votes - 654
Total votes cast - 20202
Onitsha North LGA: APGA's Charles Soludo wins
Registered Voters— 158804
Accredited Voters— 14806
A— 23
AA— 01
AAC— 54
ADC— 22
ADP— 52
APC— 3909
APGA— 5587
APM— 06
APP— 07
BP— 03
LP— 57
NNPP— 07
NRM— 07
PDP— 3781
PRP— 20
SDP— 25
YPP— 682
ZLP— 104
Total Valid Votes— 14346
Rejected Votes— 373
Total Votes Cast— 14719
Ogbaru LGA: PDP's Valentine Ozigbo wins
Registered Voters - 169053
Accredited Voters - 9117
A— 28
AA— 04
AAC— 19
ADC— 09
ADP— 41
APC— 1178
APGA— 3051
APM— 07
APP— 07
BP— 04
LP— 43
NNPP— 07
NRM— 15
PDP— 3445
PRP— 25
SDP— 47
YPP— 484
ZLP— 43
Total Valid Votes— 8457
Rejected Votes— 309
Total Votes Cast— 8766
Collation yet to resume
Florence Obi, vice-chancellor of the University of Calabar and the state returning officer for the governorship election, had announced a one-hour break and said the exercise will continue at 3:30pm.
Well, it's past 4pm now but they are yet to resume.
One hour break
We are on one-hour break. The exercise will continue at 3:30pm.
Tally after 11 local government
APC: 23587
APGA: 66766
PDP: 29811
ORUMBA SOUTH LG: Soludo wins
Registered Voters— 74690
Accredited Voters— 10554
A: 779
AA: 04
AAC: 29
ADC: 15
ADP: 32
APC: 2060
APGA: 4394
APM: 14
APP: 06
BP: 42
LP: 104
NNPP: 04
NRM: 11
PDP: 1672
PRP: 19
SDP: 50
YPP: 887
ZLP: 10
Total Valid Votes— 10132
Rejected Votes— 399
Total Votes Cast— 10531
NNEWI NORTH LG: YPP wins
Registered voters: 139368
Accredited voters: 13751
A: 52
AA: 20
AAC: 25
ADC: 22
ADP: 25
APC: 1278
APGA: 3369
APM: 44
APP: 10
BP: 10
LP: 136
NNPP: 08
NRM: 10
PDP: 1511
PRP: 16
SDP: 31
YPP: 6485
ZLP: 72
Total valid votes: 13124
Rejected votes: 439
Total votes cast: 13563
Onitsha South LG: Soludo wins
Registered voters: 156775
Accredited voters: 9406
A: 53
AA: 01
AAC: 29
ADC: 20
ADP: 42
APC: 2050
APGA: 4281
APM: 0
APP: 05
BP: 06
LP: 67
NNPP: 05
NRM: 07
PDP: 2253
PRP: 13
SDP: 08
YPP: 271
ZLP: 37
Total Valid votes: 1145
Rejected votes: 195
Total votes cast: 1340
IDEMILI SOUTH LGA: Soludo wins
A: 56
AA: 0
AAC: 16
ADC: 10
ADP: 14
APC: 1039
APGA: 2312
APM: 07
APP: 02
BP: 04
LP: 103
NNPP: 03
NRM: 06
PDP: 2016
PRP: 10
SDP: 24
YPP: 752
ZLP: 28
Total valid votes: 6402
Rejected votes: 207
Total votes cast: 6609
Meanwhile, the returning officer says there were incidents of "no election" in three registration areas (RAs). He also says there was violence and snatching of election materials in the Oba area of the LGA.
DUNUKOFIA EAST LG: Soludo wins
Registered voters: 74, 855
Accredited voters: 10, 134
A: 173
AA: 03
AAC: 14
ADC: 15
ADP: 21
APC: 1991
APGA: 4124
APM: 13
APP: 8
BP: 9
LP: 86
NNPP: 03
NRM: 04
PDP: 1680
PRP: 20
SDP: 34
YPP: 1360
ZLP: 36
Total valid votes: 9594
Invalid votes: 498
Total votes cast: 10092
The returning officer said there were no cancellations.
Anambra East: Soludo wins
Number of registered voters: 98426
Accredited voters: 14419
A: 41
AA: 01
AAC: 13
ADC: 14
ADP: 30
APC: 2034
APGA: 9746
APM: 08
APP: 03
BP: 04
LP: 70
LNPP: 05
NRN: 13
PDP: 1380
PRP: 35
SDP: 44
YPP: 559
ZLP: 44
Valid votes: 14044
Rejected votes: 302
Total votes cast: 14346
ANAOUCHA LGA: Soludo wins
Number of registered voters: 109860
Accredited voters: 15940
A: 77
AA: 04
AAC: 39
ADC: 18
ADP: 50
APC: 2085
APGA: 6911
APM: 17
APP: 06
BP: 16
LP: 117
LNPP: 07
NRN: 12
PDP: 5108
PRP: 33
SDP: 65
YPP: 868
ZLP: 50
Valid votes: 15483
Total votes cast: 15923
Rejected votes: 440
Ayamelum LGA: Soludo wins
Registered voters: 87, 128
Accredited voters: 9, 754
A: 16
AA: 01
AAC: 03
ADC: 05
ADP: 19
APC: 2409
APGA: 3424
APM: 03
APP: 02
BP: 01
LP: 99
NNPP: 03
NRM: 07
PDP: 2804
PRP: 13
SDP: 22
YPP: 407
ZLP: 296
Total valid votes: 9534
Rejected votes: 117
Total votes cast: 9651
Ayamelum LGA figures not adding up
The returning officer for Ayamelum LGA, David Eke, has been asked to go back and reconcile his figures as they are not adding up.
Meet the state returning officer for Anambra governorship election
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Name: Professor Florence Obi
Institution: Vice chancellor of University of Calabar
Position: State Collation/Returning officer, Anambra state Governorship election
OYI LGA: Soludo wins
Number of registered voters:100764
Accredited voters: 13241
A— 19
AA— 0
AAC— 19
ADC— 07
ADP— 29
APC— 2830
APGA— 6133
APM— 06
APP— 04
BP— 02
LP— 42
LNPP— 04
NRN— 07
PDP— 2484
PRP— 19
SDP— 48
YPP— 900
ZLP— 80
Valid votes— 12643
Rejected votes— 492
Total votes cast— 13135
AWKA SOUTH LGA: Soludo wins
Number of registered voters: 176812
Accredited voters: 23854
A: 131
AA: 05
AAC: 39
ADC: 31
ADP: 83
APC: 2595
APGA: 12,891
APM: 25
APP: 24
BP: 17
LP: 125
LNPP: 10
NRN: 22
PDP: 5498
PRP: 37
YPP: 919
ZLP: 272
Valid votes: 22802
Rejected votes: 875
Total votes cast: 23677
National anthem
Recitation of the national anthem to formally declare the collation of results open
It is about to start
Journalists, observers and party agents have gathered at the collation room in INEC headquarters in Awka. The state Election Collation Centre in Awka, Anambra State capital, has commenced sitting for the presentation and adoption of election results from the 21 local government areas in the state.
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