Anambra Election Live Updates: Voting commences
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Voting begins
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Anambra Election: Movement of electoral materials, personnel, law enforcement agents in Onitsha
Omagna area. Photos: Chimaobi Nwaiwu
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INEC officials setting up at Nkpor Junction
Photos: Nwabueze Okonkwo
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Anambra Decides: Aguata
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Enugu-Onitsha Expressway and adjourning streets deserted
Photos: Dennis Agbo
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Anambra Decides: INEC officials ate Awka South
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Anambra South: INEC ad hoc staff setting up at Community Primary School, Amawbia, ward 01 & 02
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Staff and materials load up in Nnewi South
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INEC ad hoc officials and ‘Mama Put’ at Nnewi North
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Finally, today November 8 is the day 2.8 million voters in Anambra State pick a governor. They might decide to retain the incumbent governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo. Or try a new one out of the other 15 candidates.
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Which ever way it swings, Vanguard will bring you the live updates on the Anambra elections in stories, pictures and videos – including every titbit.
The candidates
There are 16 candidates contesting the election. They include sitting governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA; Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu of the All Progressives Congress, APC; Sir Paul Chukwuma of Young Progressives Party, YPP.
Also Mr. John Nwosu of the African Democratic Congress, ADC; Dr George Moghalu of the Labour Party, LP; Oti Echezona of Allied People’s Movement, APM; and Chief Jeff Nweke of Action Alliance, AA.
Others are Charles Onyeze of Accord; Geoffrey Onyejegbu of the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP; Jude Ezenwafor of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP; Chukwududem Nweke of Action Peoples Party, APP; Jerry Okeke of Boot Party, BP; Martin Ugwoji of Zenith Labour Party, ZLP; and Vincent Chukwurah of Social Democratic Party, SDP.
The two female candidates are Ms. Chioma Ifemeludike of AAC, and Ndidi Olieh of National Rescue Movement, NRM.
There are six female deputy governorship candidates — Appolonia Ezeadili (Accord), Senator Uche Ekwunife (APC), Ebele Okeke (APP), Happiness Ugboma (BP), Veronica Okaro (LP), and Faith Obi (ZLP).
Significantly, the Anambra governorship election is the first election under the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Joash Amupitan. He assumed office on October 23. And tellingly
INEC said 2,802,790 registered voters were eligible to participate. They include 140,370 newly registered voters in the state’s 326 wards.
According to INEC, all 5,718 polling units would open at 8.30a.m. Also, there are 6,879 BVAS devices, and over 24,000 ad hoc staff ready for the Anambra governorship election.
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