- Pateau state governorship election has been declared inconclusive
- The commission said the total number of votes cancelled is more than the difference in the number of votes the two major candidates got
- The total number of votes cancelled in the state is 49, 347, while the total margin between leading candidates is 44, 929
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday, March 11, declared the governorship elections in Plateau state inconclusive.
Professor Richard Kimbir, the Returning Officer for the election in the state announced this on Monday in Jos, after collating results from the 17 local government areas of the state, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
Kimbir, who is the Vice Chancellor of Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, said the total number of votes cancelled is more than the difference in the number of votes the two major candidates got, “hence was constrained to declare the polls inconclusive”.
The returning officer said Simon Lalon…
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