APC wins Peter Obi’s polling unit

Nicholas Ukachukwu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the ongoing Anambra election, claimed victory at the polling unit of Peter Obi, Presidential Candidate of Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election. In the results announced at polling unit 019, Agulu ward 11, Anaocha Local Government Area, Ukachukwu  polled 73 votes to defeat George […]

Nicholas Ukachukwu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the ongoing Anambra election, claimed victory at the polling unit of Peter Obi, Presidential Candidate of Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election.

In the results announced at polling unit 019, Agulu ward 11, Anaocha Local Government Area, Ukachukwu  polled 73 votes to defeat George Moghalu of LP who scored 57 votes.

All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) came third in the same unit with 38 votes.

Earlier, Obi had lamented that the election was marred by vote buying.

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The Labour Party chieftain lamented that democracy in the country was deteriorating,”blaming politicians and citizens who sell their votes for immediate gains at the expense of long-term development.

According to him, reports he received from across communities showed that vote buying during the ongoing governorship election had risen to alarming levels.

“What you see today is that vote buying is on the scale of N20,000 to N30,000,” Obi said.

“The question I ask is: if you sell your vote for N30,000, what are you going to be paid next month? By selling your vote, you’re selling no school, no hospital, no job. You’re selling away your future, and that is very worrisome,” Obi said.

Obi, who has observed elections in other African countries, said the level of brazen inducement he witnessed in Nigeria does not exist

He warned that as long as voters continue to exchange their ballots for cash, the country will remain trapped in a cycle of poor governance, mismanaged public resources and deepening poverty.

According to him, the real cost of vote buying is not the money exchanged on election day but the collapse of essential public services that follow.

He stressed that citizens must understand the link between their choices at the polls and the quality of leadership they receive afterward.

“People need to know that when you sell your vote, you are directly endorsing the same hardships — lack of jobs, broken schools, failing hospitals,” he said. “It is not grandstanding; it is the reality of why things don’t work.”