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Celebrations by the camp of Chief Willie Obiano of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) as winner of last weekend’s governorship election in Anambra State, have been cut short by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which refused to declare him the next Governor of the state.

According to the Chief Returning Officer, Prof. James Epoke, Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, “Because the difference between the winner and the runner-up is lower than the total number of cancelled votes, we cannot return the winner. The commission will arrange, not a rerun but only supplementary election in the areas where election was cancelled."

Consistent with reports published since Saturday night by News Express, Epoke had confirmed Obiano as winner of the election. Obiano, according to him, scored 174,710 votes to win the election.

He was followed by Comrade Tony Nwoye of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 94,956 votes, while Senator Chris Ngige of the All Progressives Congress (APC), came thir

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