While election observers, civil society organisations and, indeed, many Nigerians were applauding the conduct of the November 18, Anambra governorship poll and the roles played by the stakeholders including the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), security agencies, political parties, their candidates and the electorate, I came across an advertorial in the Vanguard newspaper of Thursday, November 23, 2017, titled, “Anambra election: Let truth be told,” which was a counter-narrative.

Yesterday,  Ndi Anambra went to the polls  to elect a new governor. It was the hope of all Anambra people that this important election would end well and the choice of the people would emerge.

Anambra Election: NBA observer group condemns open vote buying

Anambra: The emergence of commercial voting

The Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) yesterday called for stiff action to be taken against what it lamented as the increasing spate of vote buying which it claimed characterised the Anambra State governorship election.