Anambra Supplementary Election May Take Place Next Week

The Anambra State Gubernatorial supplementary election may take place not later than November 30, 2013.

Though the EMB commenced an operational audit of the governorship election, with blame being heaped on the 21 electoral officers of the commission in Anambra State, INEC studiously defended its Continuous Voters' Register (CVR), blaming the missing names of voters on the refusal by voters in the state to cross check their names when the register was displayed.

According to a source who spoke on the issue, the commission was satisfied with the explanation of its officials who reviewed the voters’ register, stating that no complaint was received by the commission, during and after the display of the voters’ register for two weeks in the 4,608 polling units in Anambra State.

On the supplementary election, it was resolved that the election should take place later than November 30.

It was gathered that the commission would have preferred November 23, but the commission will be preoccupied in Enugu State this weekend with a bye-election.

INEC is therefore expected to officially announce the November 30 today.