UPDATES: Anambra Election. 10:10 – PU 009, Ogidi Town hall, Idemili SouthAPC 58 PDP 22 APGA 23 LP 4 The NYSC member identified herself as Precious. Election did not take place at that centre 10:02 – “They insisted they must see it and began to hit me.They were dragging me,took the ballot paper, and squeezed the register,” 10:02 – “They requested for the result sheet and I told them we don’t have it yet,” the NYSC member said. 10:01 – At Central School 1, Akpakaogwe, in Ogidi Idemili North, an election officer said she was beaten up by youth at the PU. 9:57 – Oruba North Oko Ward 2; APC:7 PDP;11 DPP: 1 APGA; 6 9:50 – Nasir El-Rufai: “Five minutes ago, I was prevented by several armed SSS officers from going out of Finotel Hotel, Awka. I am truly being unlawfully detained.” 9:44 – At St. John’s Anglican Church, Edoji Uruagu Nnewi,some people suspected to be agents of APGA shared N1000 to some voters 9:39 – Ogboro Primary School, Ward 07, Ihiala LGA: PDP-6, APGA-6, APC-28, NNDP-2. 9:34 – Polling Center 018, Ward 02, Orumba North LGA: Regd Voters (673); Accredited (23); PDP-6, APGA-11, APC-5 9:24 – Violence has reportedly broken out at Nteje, Oyi LGA! Free for all fighting between APGA, APC & PDP supporters! Observer ran away. To report fraud, here are INEC telephone numbers 07098115257, 07098110916. 07098117563. Use 08133611915 for text messages Tony Nwoye of PDP, was yet to be accredited as at 2.30 pm even when voting had started in his Nsugbe ward. 3:05 – Dr. Chris Ngige passes vote of no confidence on state electoral commissioner, Prof Onukaogu 2:59 – INEC extends voting in Idemili North to 6pm. 2:55 – Couple of polling units conclude voting as results start to trickle in from Orumba North, Ihiala, Oyi and Anaocha LGAs. 2:53 – Observers detained by soldiers have been set free after several hours, INEC’s Director of Monitoring, Bala Shittu, said. 2:48 – “Everything is Ok here. The governor (Peter Obi) was the first person to vote and he voted peacefully,” said an APGA agent. 2:45 – At PU 019 Umudim Akasim in Agulu, Gov. Peter Obi’s unit, voting is going on peacefully. In spite of the immunity enjoyed by Gov. Peter Obi and his being the Chief Security Officer of the State, he was Saturday prevented from moving freely around the State because of the election. 2:43 – The election has so far been peaceful, although polling officials arrived late with materials. 2:30 – Indications from a number of accredited voters at various polling centers confirm widespread voter apathy. 2: 25 – Voting concluded at 003 and 013 of Uli Ward 1. INEC officials set to start counting of votes. SSS detains El Rufai at Awka A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Malam Nasir el-Rufai, was in Awka prevented from moving out of his hotel room to monitor the Anambra Governorship Election currently ongoing. el-Rufai said at the `Finotel Hotel’ where he lodged that some armed men of the State Security Service (SSS) restrained him from moving out of the hotel to monitor the election. He said:“I arrived in Awka by 7 p.m. on Friday and had a brief session with the APC candidate, Sen. Chris Ngige. When I came out to have my dinner, I saw three heavily armed SSS officers at the hotel. “I asked them why they were following me; they told me that they were protecting me because Awka is not safe. “I told them that I came with my own security. This morning, as I was about to have breakfast, they blocked the corridor and tried to restrain me from going out but I pushed by and went to the restaurant to eat. “After my breakfast, I will be going to the APC Situation Room in town to monitor the election. I am being unlawfully detained here,’’ he said. One of the SSS men entered the restaurant and confiscated the reporter’s tape recorder and deleted the recorded interview before returning it to her. When contacted on telephone, the Director of SSS in the state, Mr A.U. Okeiyi, confirmed the report, saying that el-Rufai was being protected. “el-Rufai is not an ordinary person. If anything happens to him, they will blame the security,’’ he said. Heavily armed security men were seen guarding the premises of the hotel. (NAN)
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