The Resident Electoral
Commissioner (REC) in Sokoto State, Sadiq Musa, has defended the decision of
the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare the
governorship election in the state inconclusive.
According to the REC, the
decision was constitutional.
In the
results announced so far, Gov Aminu Tambuwal of the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) was leading his closest rival, Alhaji Ahmad Aliyu of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) with a margin of 3,413 votes while 75, 403 votes were cancelled.
Consequently, the governor has
filed a suit challenging the decision of the electoral umpire to declare the
election ‘inconclusive’ on the ground that it is unknown to the Nigerian
constitution.
The governor claimed he had won
the election and should be declared the winner forthwith.
Reacting, however, the INEC REC
told reporters that, “Elections in the 136 polling units were cancelled because
there were violence, willful destruction of voting materials and manhandling of
our staff.
“The total number of votes
cancelled were higher than the winning margin. It can significantly change the
result.
“So, it is not concocted by INEC.
INEC is empowered by the constitution to provide guidelines for elections and
there is procedure for declaring election inconclusive,” he said.
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