A chieftain of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Victor Umeh, was stopped from entering Ihiala LG headquarters in Anambra by an army commander securing the area with soldiers as the supplementary election begins, The Cable is reporting.
The Anambra governorship election was declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday.
A supplementary election is being held in Ihiala LGA only, today, Tuesday, November 9, 2021.
Umeh is APGA’s state agent for the governorship election. He arrived at the local government headquarters around 10:30 am in the company of other party members, but was turned back by the army commander.
Accompanied by some of his supporters and aides, Umeh, who spent the night at the INEC head office in Awka, during the collation of results of 20 Local Government Areas, was turned back by soldiers.
“You are not supposed to be here,” the military officer screamed at Umeh who said he was at the Local government headquarters “to ensure things go well”.
“You are a state agent, not local government Area agent,” the senior military officer responded to Umeh.
The Anambra election is expected to be concluded on Tuesday.
Chukwuma Soludo, APGA candidate, is leading the pack with 103,946 votes while Valentine Ozigbo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) trails behind with 51,322 votes.
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