The clamour for free, fair and credible elections in Nigeria is timeless. Elections in the country have always drawn national and international attention over concerns of rigging, voter inducement, violence and other electoral vices. Election after election, some or all of these vices are noted to have played out and it was not any different during the just-concluded governorship election in Anambra and the primary polls that preceded it.
ANDY UBA’S PRIMARY ELECTION VOTES
As is the ritual, political parties are expected to conduct primary elections among aspirants and subsequently pick candidates who will represent them in the main election.
Andy Uba, a former senator, was declared winner of the June 26 All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election in Anambra state.
Dapo Abiodun, governor of Ogun state and chairman of the APC primary election committee, said Uba scored 230,201 votes, beating 13 other aspirants to emerge as the party’s flagbearer.
According to Abiodun, the total vote cast was 348,490. All voters are supposedly eligible members of the party.
How did other aspirants fare? Johnbosco Onunkwo had 28,746 votes, Chidozie Nwankwo polled 21, 281, George Moghalu (18,596), Paul Orajiaka (4, 348), Geoff Onyejeagbu (3, 414), Azuka Okwuosa (17,189) Nwokafor Daniel (3,335), Ikoobasi Mokelu (3,727), Kwebuike Ifeanyi (1,466), Godwin Okonkwo ( 5,907), Ben Etiaba (4,244), Edozie Madu (3,636) and Maxwell Okoye (2,540).
