Politics

INEC postpones Soludo’s joy, declares poll inconclusive

Election

By Nwafor Okafor

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the November 6 Anambra governorship election inconclusive.

Before the declaration, the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance in the race, Prof Chukwuma Soludo has leading in 18 local government areas out of the 20 declared by the electoral umpire.

The Returning Officer of the Anambra State Governorship Election, Professor Florence Obi declared the election inconclusive.

She said the failure to conduct the election in Ihiala Local Government on election day has made it impossible to reach a definite conclusion under the Electoral Act on the result of the election.

She declared that the election process remains suspended until after a supplementary election is held in all the polling units of Ihiala Local Government.

The supplementary election will be held on Tuesday the 9th of November 2021

By Ifeizu Joe

Ifeizu is a seasoned journalist and Managing Editor of TheRazor. He has wide knowledge of Anambra State and has reported the state objectively for over a decade.

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