Candidate for the New Nigeria People's Party (NNPP), Ms Helen Mbakwe, said that the party's blurry logo was to blame for her defeat in the senatorial race.

Mbakwe, a candidate for the Anambra Central Senate seat, blamed the absence of the party's emblem on the ballot paper for the elections on February 25 for her failure to win the seat.

At a press conference she called in Awka on Friday, she announced this.

“The challenges of my party’s logo identification experienced by those who voted and those who intended to vote for me were too much.

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Mbakwe strongly denounced the Independent National Electoral Commission's careless handling of the printing of the Party's logo on the ballot papers (INEC).

She claimed that the deed thwarted both her goal and her promising possibilities to help make Nigeria a better place.

“We all know the details of the logo of NNPP, which is ‘Basket of Fruits’ and the Party’s name, NNPP, whereas INEC presented nothing that looked like a basket of fruits and the acronym NNPP on the Ballot Paper.

“The NNPP logo on INEC’s Ballot Paper confused many of my supporters and they voted for any party like (LP and YPP,” she said.

She added that INEC officials never arrived until around midday on election day in areas of Anambra Central where she had considerable support, such as Idemili North and South.

“This, too, disenfranchised many early birds who had trooped out to vote for me.

“I am still ready to serve my people because I believe strongly in the principles of the rule of law, equity, equality, fairness and justice.

“My patriotism is unflinching and my zeal to contribute to repairing my Country is still alive and burning,” she said.

Mbakwe claimed that INEC's involvement is troubling and suspicious.