Tag: Anambra Guber

Just few days to the Anambra State governorship election, there have been genuine concerns on whether the election will go ahead as scheduled owing to the spate of violence in the South-East region. Against this backdrop, Constitutional Lawyer; Barr. Prince Orji Nwafor-Orizu has called for the postponement of the November 6 Guber elections in Anambra State citing the climate of uncertainty and insecurity as the basis for his call for postponement. Prince Nwafor-Orizu made this known in media parley wherein he expressed his views on several issues on the front…

With less than a week to the governorship election in Anambra State, those thinking the Anambra State off-season gubernatorial election slated for November 6 would be a still-born should better have a rethink. Despite the tense atmosphere and on-going agitations in the state, the Federal Government has plainly said the exercise would take place as scheduled. The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, had at different fora restated that November 6 is sacrosanct. The Commission has since published the final list of candidates to convince any…

…”Don’t test our will to enforce peace”, NSA warns group Thousands of ad-hoc workers for the Anambra State governorship election have resigned due to fear of attacks by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), had in May increased the polling units in Anambra State from 4,608 to 5,720 with about 10,000 ad hoc workers required for the governorship poll. However, despite its declaration of preparedness, many of those who signed up for the role have resigned. According to a source, “INEC is…