Candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP) in the ongoing Anambra governorship election, Mr Valentine Ozigbo, has said that the supplementary election fixed for Tuesday, November 6, 2021, will be in his favour.
He said with the last-minute consultation with relevant stakeholders across party lines in Ihiala Local Government Area, the victory is sure for him, PDP, Ndi-Anambra and the country at large.
INEC had announced the election results of 20 out of 21 local government areas in the state with the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Professor Charles Soludo in the lead and followed by Ozigbo. According to INEC, a supplementary election will hold in Ihiala on Tuesday to conclude the process.
Ozigbo, while addressing the press on Monday in Awka, advised his opponents to shun sentimental politics, stressing that such practices will hinder the state development.
“My happiness is that the election is not yet over and I believe that with the ongoing consultation with Ihiala people, based on my long time relationship with them, I will be declared the winner, by God’s grace,” he prayed.
“We have the statistics and know the areas where INEC could not conduct the election on Saturday and we call on them to ensure they do so,” he added.
According to him, with over 248,000 votes at stake in Ihiala and other places where the election did not take place, the party still has hope of producing the next governor.
He appealed to the people of Ihiala and other areas to come out en mass to vote for PDP as a better alternative while decrying the impact of vote-buying which he described as a major issue in the nation’s political development.
He added: “After Ihiala, other places where elections did not take place will follow, and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) must obey the electoral law and conduct election where it did not hold.
“The party has all areas where election did not hold and we will be happy if elections are held there,” he said.
On what his next move was, Ozigbo said the party was only more concerned with the supplementary election for now and will decide on its next line of action after the completion of the exercise.
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