Voting commenced early on Saturday in some parts of Anambra State, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

At the time of filing this report, INEC had uploaded 5,685 results. This is 99.39% of the 5,720 results expected; and collated results from 19 of the 21 LGAs

AFTER months of traversing the various communities in Anambra State soliciting for the votes of the 2.8 million eligible voters for the November 8 governorship election, the D-Day is finally here.

Attention has shifted to the 5,718 polling units across the 21 local government areas of Anambra State, as 15 governorship candidates challenge the incumbent governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, today.

She said that the presence of the security personnel and the air raids might scare most of the electorate away, especially elderly people.

According to him, the exercise was conducted transparently and reflected the Commission’s commitment to conducting a free, fair, and credible election.

The Convener of the Recover Nigeria Project, Comrade Osita Obi, has declared that Governor Chukwuma Soludo is certain to win Saturday’s governorship election in Anambra State, insisting that opposition candidates should have donated their campaign funds to the Anambra Security Trust Fund rather than “waste” resources on a contest they cannot win.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has distributed sensitive electoral materials  to the 21 Local Government Areas  in Anambra for Saturday’s governorship election.

The Anambra government has declared Friday a work-free day for civil servants ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in the state.

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