The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the November 18, 2017 governorship election in Anambra State, Mr Oseloka Obaze, has rejected the results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
In a statement on Sunday, Obaze said the result as released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) did not reflect what happened in the field during the election on Saturday.
According to NAN reports, Obaze stated that there were obvious cases of inconsistency and over voting when compared with the records from the electronic card reader.
Insisting that it is an aberration that APGA could win all the 21 local governments of the State, the PEP Candidate 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.”
For Obaze, “The over voting and inconsistencies between the counted ballots and card reader data remains exceedingly worrisome” while “The uniformity of the incumbent governor wining twenty-one local governments is a political aberration in the context of Anambra politics.”
Taking a swipe at electoral umpire, INEC, the PDP flagbearer said; “The election result as reported, shows that nothing matters to the Anambra electorate.”
INEC had on Sunday declared Mr Willie Obiano of All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) as the winner of the election. The Returning Officer, Prof. Zana Akpagu, said Obiano polled a total of 234, 071 votes to defeat his closest rival, Mr Tony Nwoye of All Progressives Congress (APC), who scored 98,752 votes.
Akpagu, who is the Vice Chancellor of University of Calabar, said the PDP candidate, Mr Oseloka Obaze, came third with 70,293 votes. He also said the total valid votes cast at the poll was 422,314; total number of rejected votes, 26,457 while the total votes cast was 448,771 votes.
