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Awka, Anambra state – Hundreds of voters in Anambra state, Nigeria’s south-east, will come out to cast their vote in the November 2025 governorship election.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) disclosed that 2,802,790 registered voters are eligible to participate in the election on Saturday, November 8, 2025.
Source: Twitter
Legit.ng’s sterling team of reporters are ready to bring you real-time updates from the 21 local government areas (LGAs) in Anambra state, conveying the election results from the various polling units.
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Anambra Decides: Corps Members Protest Non-Payment
There was an uproar inside the town hall after officials initially refused to pay corps members until after the election, according to updates from CJID observers.
The corps members, however, stood their ground and insisted on receiving their payment before proceeding. Following the disagreement, the official in charge eventually obliged and made the payment as requested.
Source: UGC
Anambra Decides: Election officials setting up
- LGA: Awka South
- Location: Demonstration Primary School
- RA: 01 AGU OKA
- PU:001 and 0016
Polling Units 001 and 016 are set up and ready, with officials and materials in place, awaiting the commencement of voting, according to the latest updates from the CJID observers.
Source: UGC
Updates from Onitsha North
RAC CENTRE Code 3 DMGS – The RAC manager is actively working with the SPOs to start visiting their various wards and polling units. Additionally, bus drivers and ad-hoc staff are ready for departure.
Joint security task force is on the ground for security checks, and the security landscape is peaceful, according to a new update from the Centre for Journalism Innovation & Development (CJID).
Source: UGC
It’s Election Day in Anambra state!
It’s the morning of Saturday, November 8, the D-Day for the Anambra state governorship election 2025.
Stay tuned as Legit.ng provides live updates of the voting process.
NSCDC assures voters of safety ahead of Anambra gov poll
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has said it will deploy 350 personnel for the governorship election in Anambra.
As reported by The Punch, the NSCDC assured residents of maximum security and reaffirmed its mandate to protect critical national assets and infrastructure throughout the electoral process.
The Commandant General of the Corps, Prof. Ahmed Audi, made this known in a statement released by the NSCDC spokesperson, Babawale Afolabi, on Friday, November 7.
Anambra: INEC official gives voters key assurance
Ken Ukeagu, Supervising National Commissioner, has promised that there will be no glitches in the 2025 Anambra state governorship election.
Ukeagu stated that INEC will give Anambra residents a fair, credible and inclusive election.
Ukeagu said:
“No glitches, no technical problems, materials will arrive early, and our personnel will arrive at the polling units early tomorrow (Saturday, November 8). We are going to give Anambra people a credible election tomorrow”
The video can be watched below:
Anambra election: Police conduct aerial surveillance
On Friday evening, November 7, operatives of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) conducted an aerial surveillance of Anambra state.
The video can be viewed below:
Aguata: RAC managers confirm readiness for Anambra election
Reporting from Aguata LGA
Three out of four Registration Area Centre (RAC) managers have confirmed that they have received materials for the election coming up on Saturday, November 8. They said they are fully ready with all the sensitive materials.
Meanwhile, some ad hoc staff are still at the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) waiting to be conveyed to their various locations.
Complaints: Some of the ad hoc staff complained that their names were not seen as people who would be working tomorrow, Saturday, November 8.
Onitsha North: INEC staff depart for RAC centres
LGA: Onitsha North
State: Anambra
Election type: Gubernatorial
Pre-election progress report: Bus drivers are ready to convey ad hoc staff to their Registration Area Centres (RAC). The ad hoc staff are hyperactive, loading their materials onto their various buses for departure.
The photos can be seen below:
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