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PDP candidate, Obaze rejects Anambra election result

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Oseloka Obaze, candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the just concluded Anambra State governorship election, has rejected the result announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday.

According to a statement he released later on Sunday, Obaze said the result announced by INEC was not a true reflection of what happened at the various polling units.

He insisted that Willie Obiano, the incumbent Governor, who was declared winner of the election with 234,071 votes, could not have won in all the Local Government Areas in the State

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“The Anambra governorship election results just released by INEC, does not reflect the realities of the votes cast on Nov. 18 by the Anambra electorate,” Obaze stated.

“The over voting and inconsistencies between the counted ballots and card reader data remains exceedingly worrisome.

“The uniformity of the incumbent governor wining twenty-one local governments is a political aberration in the context of Anambra politics.

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“The election result as reported shows that nothing matters to the Anambra electorate.”

Meanwhile, Osita Chidoka, former Minister of Aviation and candidate of the United Peoples Party, said he has accepted the results, adding that he lost, not because his ideas did not resonate with the people, but because he could not match the other political parties’ financial strength.

“I have accepted defeat in the Anambra governorship election even as result is still being announced by the INEC,” Chdioka said in a statement.

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“Our campaign attracted the finest and brightest of Anambra. The bold and the courageous were with us as we exerted our best in running the most robust issue-based and technology-driven campaign in the history of our dear state.

“We believed and we dared; we engaged with all patriotic vigour as we held strongly that the long awaited time for our people to experience a new opportunity had come and we laboured for it.

“But from the ballots, we heard the voice of our people. We heard it loud and clear.

“While our message resonated with the people they doubted that the political class cared about them. They voted for the highest bidder.

“I insisted we will not pay for votes. The decision not to pay ended our good run.

“In all, we hold our heads high; high because we did not lose the poll due to paucity of ideas or lack of “structure”.

“We lost to superior financial firepower. As Democrats, we concede to the voters’ choices.”