At about 7:40am, Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have arrived Eri Primary School in Aguleri, the hometown of Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State.
The people of Anambra State will on Saturday, November 6, 2021, decide who takes charge of the affairs of the state for the next four years.
Obiano is expected to perform his last civic duty of voting as a governor today in the Anambra governorship contest to choose his successor.
He will join other voters at Eri Primary School I, Polling Unit 004 in Otuocha Registration Area II in Anambra East local government area.
He is listed as Voter Number Number 751As at 7.55am, the INEC officials had fixed the Polling Booth and were pasting the Voters Register on the wall of the school.
Some of the notable political parties set to participate in the governorship election include: A, AA, ADC, APC, APGA
APM, PDP, SDP, YPP, and ZLP.
However, the major contenders for the Anambra Government House are the All Progressives Congress, with a sitting Senator, Andy Uba as its flag-bearer. The All Progressives Grand Alliance, the incumbent party, has a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Prof. Charles Soludo as its candidate while the national main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has a young and vibrant candidate in the person of Valentine Ozigbo.
Godwin Maduka, candidate of A; Ben Etiaba of the AA; Akachukwu Nwankpo of the ADC; Onyejegbu Okwudili representing the APM; Obinna Uzoh of SDP, Ifeanyi Ubah of the YPP and Obiora Okonkwo, candidate of the ZLP.
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