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George Moghalu, the Labour Party (LP) candidate in the Anambra governorship election, has lost his polling unit in Uruagu ward 1, Nnewi north LGA.
At polling unit 017, which has 463 registered voters, only 86 were accredited for the November 8 governorship election.
Chukwuma Soludo, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate, led the unit with 57 votes, while Moghalu of the LP managed 22 votes.
Speaking with journalists earlier at his residence in Nnewi north LGA, Moghalu said despite the heavy deployment of security personnel for the election, he had received reports of widespread vote-buying.
“The situation is scandalous and very embarrassing. The issue of vote-buying is no more a speculation. It happened very aggressively in the last by-election. This time around, I’ve been receiving reports of the same thing happening,” he said.
But Soludo said the election was largely peaceful despite a few technical issues at some polling units.
He said reports from across the state showed that voting was progressing smoothly, though “some polling units recorded minor glitches with the BVAS machines”.
“I got a report from Orumba south that the BVAS wasn’t working as expected. But all said and done, I think, on the average, it is going on smoothly,” he said.
