The people of Anambra state will troop out today to elect who governs the state in the next four years.
INEC said a total of 2,802,790 registered voters were eligible to participate, including 140,370 newly registered voters across the state’s 326 wards.
The commission also indicated that 16 political parties fielded candidates for the governorship race, including two women.
It confirmed that all 5,718 polling units would open at 8.30am, with 6,879 BVAS devices configured and backed up, and over 24,000 trained ad hoc staff ready to serve.
Candidates of the major political parties – Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu (All Progressives Congress), Dr George Moghalu (Labour Party), John Nwosu (African Democratic Congress), Jude Ezenwafor (Peoples Democratic Party), and Sir Paul Chukwuma (Young Progressives Party) – are jostling to wrest power from the incumbent, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, who is seeking re-election.
On Friday, the Anambra State Police Command announced total restriction of vehicular movement in and out of the state during the election.
The spokesman for the police command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the restriction would take effect from 12am to 6pm.
