Saharareporters is projecting that incumbent Governor Peter Obi of Anambra is set to win statewide polls held on Saturday February 6, 2010 in Anambra State in the southeastern region of Nigeria.

An Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) result obtained by our correspondent shows that official tally of votes point to Mr. Obi as the winner of the governorship election, despite logistical stumbling blocks deliberately created by top officials of the commission.

The election was widely regarded as a mirror into the general elections scheduled for 2011 in Nigeria.

As at press time, Mr. Obi, who ran under the ticket of APGA, has comfortably won 11 local government areas. According to ballot tallies from polling booths across the state, the APGA candidate won in Awka North, Awka South, Orumba South, Onitsha North, Onitsha South, Ogbaru, Njikoka, Ekwusigo, Anambra West, Anaocha, and Nnewi South. Saharareporters also projects that Mr. Obi would carry Ihiala.

In a stunning blow, Obi trounced Charles Chukwuma Soludo; the candidate of the PDP, in the latter’s local government area. Mr. Soludo, immediate past governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, had used his thugs to snatch ballot boxes in a few polling centers, but his effort to rig the polls became a woeful failure.

http://www.saharareporters.com/real-news/sr-headlines/5075-governor-peter-obi-is-projected-winner-of-anambra-polls.html

If Obi actually won all those local government areas, he has definitely won. Those are the most populous LGAs in Anambra state.

Real time reporting, and a determined Nigerian security personnel may have saved the day and delivered the peoples choice in this election.

My favorite quote from the report:

"Our sources within INEC disclosed that uncooperative security agents thwarted plans by the two INEC officials to manipulate the election."

Sahara Reporters.

As long as PDP did not win, I am HAPPY!

hmmmm. . . . Mrs Obi is a fine woman. . . Peter no miss road there. . .

Lets see what happens. . .
Peter Obi himself was complaining that the election is flawed after he voted. Many names were missing in the INEC register.


Many polling stations did not even open at all.

If he is declared winner (which I doubt), let me see if he will accept the outcome then.