Mixed Reactions Trail Presidential, National Assembly Elections in Ogbaru

Mixed reactions trail presidential and National Assembly elections in Anambra State

as late arrival of electoral materials, inactive card reader machines , late commencement of accreditation of voters and a host of other logistics characterised  the entire process .

In the course of monitoring the exercise in Anambra-North senatorial zone , newsmen gathered from the speaker of the Anambra State House of Assembly , who is also the APGA candidate for Ogbaru federal constituency in the election Princess Chinwe Nwaebili that there was something fishy about the whole process.

Princess Nwaebili who was accosted by newsmen at Iyiowa\Odekpe polling unit 05 Ogbaru lamented that the delay in the whole process was caused by INEC stressing that accreditation of voters should have commenced at 8 am according to the apex election management but there were no materials as at the aforesaid time .

The speaker therefore expressed displeasure at the level of preparedness of INEC in the conduct of the 2015 elections even as she described the turn out of voters in the area as very impressive.

On the other hand former commissioner for Local Government and Chieftancy Matters and APGA candidate Anambra-North senatorial zone Hon.Dubem Obaze equally complained about the late commencement of accreditation of voters . Hon.Obaze stated that as at 8 am there was no sign of accreditation at CPS 406 ward Ochu-Uche Umuodu Ogbaru where he was supposed to be accredited.

Though he was hopeful that nobody would be disenfranchised as a result of the logistic issues following the commencement of accreditation of voters at 1 pm . He said he was not suspecting any foul play but expressed optimism that he would win the senatorial election in his zone.

At polling unit 001 central school Akili-Ozizor Ogbaru , accreditation ended successfully at 3 :30 pm according to the information made available to newsmen by an INEC official at the polling unit . While voting according to the INEC official would commence in earnest as he said they were waiting for instructions from the supervising presiding officer before voting would commence.

Meanwhile a voter Mrs.Grace Nwabueze who spoke to journalists about the situation said that she came to the polling unit at 8 am but waited until about 12 noon when INEC officials arrived with the electoral materials .

Mrs.Nwabueze however posited that she was accredited thereafter but not sure when voting will commence at the polling unit .