SAFAR 25 1431 A.H.
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 9, 2010.
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...Soludo concedes defeat
Professor Chukwuma Soludo, PDP governorship's candidate in the Feb. 6 Anambra election, has conceded victory to Mr Peter Obi.
Soludo, who addressed newsmen in Awka on Sunday shortly after the announcement of the results, said the election was not a fight between himself and Obi, but about the future of the state.
He, however, faulted the conduct of the election, noting that there were grave flaws that INEC exhibited during the exercise.
``The conduct of the election portended ominous note for the nation's democracy, especially where the voters register were fraudulently manipulated to exclude thousands of voters,'' he said.
According to him, in most places the voters register used at the polling booths were different from the ones displayed or given to the political parties.
The PDP candidate noted that even people who had verified and confirmed their names during the display of voters register could not find them on the voting day.
``What happened in Anambra is what a friend has described as administrative rigging.
``Hundreds of thousands of people who turned out to vote and with their valid voter’s cards were disenfranchised. Can this be described as a free and fair election?
