Anambra To Conduct LG Polls, October

Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State has expressed the readiness of his government to hold local government council election in October.

The governor, who dropped the hint when he met with the state leadership of his party, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) on Saturday in Amawbia, Anambra, urged them to start mobilising the party members and supporters towards holding a successful election.

The governor’s announcement doused speculations that the administration might not conduct local government election before March 2014.

Obi commended the party leadership for their loyalty in the face of the crisis rocking the party and assured them that APGA would record a resounding victory in the forthcoming local government polls.

The state Secretary of the party, Mr Emeka Meze, confirmed that plans were in the pipeline by the government to conduct the polls in October.

He, however, said that some members of the opposition who were agitating for the conduct of the local government election had started complaining against the plan to hold it.

Meze said that all the legal impediments that had stalled the conduct of the polls had geen resolved.

“Now, the government of Anambra State is getting set to conduct the freest and fairest election ever held in sub-saharan Africa. “That is the local government polls in Anambra State. The election shall be held before the next governorship election in Anambra,” he said.

According to him, “All and sundry are invited to key into the new effort to democratise the local government administration in our dear state. The jinx of not conducting local government election in Anambra state since 1998 is now about to be broken and will certainly be broken by the government of Peter Obi.”

“Some of the court orders that have made it impossible for the conduct of the council polls have been vacated by the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Peter Afuba and the one not vacated has elapsed. “So, Anambra state Independent Electoral Commission (ANSIEC) will now roll out its guidelines and timetable for the election,” he declared.