Chief Victor Oye, National Chairman of All Progressives Congress Alliance (APGA) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for ensuring that Saturday’s Anambra governorship election was credible.
Oye’s commendation was in spite of reports that election did not hold in Ihiala Local Government Area where 147,000 voters were registered to vote.
This may lead to a rerun of the election in the local government since the number of registered voters is more than the margin of victory between the APGA candidate, Professor Charles Soludo and the second candidate, Peoples Democratic Party’s Valentine Ozigbo.
As it is, INEC according to feelers, may not declare the final result until the Ihiala Local Government poll debacle is cleared.
Also in Orumba North Local Government where election held, the result of the poll in the Local government area was being contested as of the time of filing this report.
Regardless, a rerun may just only delay the announcement of Professor Soludo win in the governorship election as he is set to emerge as governor-elect of Anambra any time soon.
Meanwhile, speaking earlier on Sunday with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka on Sunday, Oye said that Buhari had proved to be a father by giving the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) free hands to conduct the election.
“President Muhammadu Buhari has always been a father by allowing INEC to conduct free, fair and credible election in the country.
“He will also insist on allowing the people’s will to prevail and not the other way round.
“Left to some other people, the election will have been rigged in favour of another party.
“But he has always tell them to allow the choice of the people to prevail, that is why APGA is willing the election,” Oye said.
He commended residents of the state for the peaceful conduct of the election.
“Anambra people are known to be peaceful, the violence we had sometime ago was imported, our people are not in any way associated with violence,” he said.
Reacting to calls for supplementary election in some areas affected by malfunctioning of INEC voting equipment, Oye said such election would only enhance the victory of the party. (With additional reports byNAN)
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