The Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the March 9 governorship and State
House of Assembly elections inconclusive in at least seven states.
They are: Plateau, Adamawa,
Bauchi, Benue, Sokoto, Kano and Rivers states.
Returning Officers for the
election in Plateau and Adamawa states, made the declaration on Monday in
separate announcements at their respective collation centres.
In Jos, the Plateau State
capital, Professor Richard Kimbir announced that the margin of a lead of 44,929
between the APC and the PDP candidates, is less than 49,377 cancelled votes.
Simon Lalong of APC polled a
total of 583,255 votes, while Jerry Useni of PDP scored 538,326.
Professor Fatima Muktar had given
the same reason for her decision in Adamawa and asked those troubled to report
to the electoral body.
The election was declared
inconclusive in both states, following a similar development in Sokoto State.
Also in Bauchi, Prof. Mohammed
Kyari, the Returning Officer, said that apart from the cancellation of the
result from entire Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area because of
irregularities, the exercise in some other polling units also suffered the same
fate.
Late on Monday, the same verdict
was passed in Benue state, where a date for the rerun is expected announced
within 21 days.
Just yesterday, INEC suspended
all electoral processes in Rivers state until further notice.
In a statement, the commission
explained that they took the decision, due to widespread violence in the state
during the March 9 governorship and State Assembly polls.
The commission also claimed some
of its staff were held hostage and materials including results sheets were
destroyed.
The elections in Kano have also
been adjudged inconclusive. The electoral body suspended the collation of the
results, due to security challenges at the Nasarawa Local Government collation
center.
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