At polling unit 017, which has 463 registered voters, only
86 were accredited for the November 8 governorship election.

Chukwuma Soludo, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)
candidate, led the unit with 57 votes, while Moghalu of the LP managed 22
votes.

Speaking with journalists earlier at his residence in Nnewi
north LGA, Moghalu said despite the heavy deployment of security personnel for
the election, he had received reports of widespread vote-buying.

“The situation is scandalous and very embarrassing. The
issue of vote-buying is no more a speculation. It happened very aggressively in
the last by-election. This time around, I’ve been receiving reports of the same
thing happening,” he said.

But Soludo said the 
election was largely peaceful despite a few technical issues at some
polling units.

He said reports from across the state showed that voting was
progressing smoothly, though “some polling units recorded minor glitches with
the BVAS machines”.

“I got a report from Orumba south that the BVAS wasn’t
working as expected. But all said and done, I think, on the average, it is
going on smoothly,” he said.