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#AnambraDecides2025: False, Polling units in Anambra 5,720 not 5,200

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CLAIM: A Facebook user claims that the November 8, 2025, Anambra State governorship election will be held in 5,118 out of 5,200 polling units in the state. 

FINDINGS: Multiple media reports quoted the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, as saying, “the election will be held in 5,718 of the 5,720 Polling Units in the state. Voting will not take place in the remaining two Polling Units due to the absence of registered voters.”

VERDICT: INCORRECT

SOURCES: INEC, Thisday, Channels TV

DATE: 7/11/2025

FACTCHECK AUTHOR: Allwell Okpi 

EDITORS: Opeyemi Kehinde & Simbiat Bakare

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