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Why Kogi, Bayelsa Elections Were Inconclusive– Prof Yakubu

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Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, has said the spate of inconclusive elections conducted under his tenure is a reflection of the competitiveness of the polls, stressing that elections are getting better.

He also added that the use of card readers and smart cards for elections have come to stay in spite of the regrettable glitches experienced during its use.

He further stressed that the process of declaration of winners of election as contained in the electoral guideline will never be compromised.

The Kogi and Bayelsa State governorship elections conducted by Yakubu were declared inconclusive at the first ballot. While the polls in Kogi has been concluded INEC is yet to fix a date for the supplementary polls in Bayelsa State.

Yakubu stated this while making his opening remark at the 11th public lecture of The Electoral Institute (TEI) titled “between refuge and rights: internally displaced persons (IDPs) and inclusive electoral process in Nigeria,” which held in Abuja.

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See INEC’s Declaration On Kogi Governorship Election

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Kogi State governorship election inconclusive.

Declaring the results of the election, the Returning Officer, Professor Emmanuel Kucha, said the electoral body’s decision was reached after collation of results showed a number of cancelled votes that was higher than the margin between the leading candidate and the runner-up.

After election results from the 21 local government areas were collated on Sunday, the All Progressives Congress’ candidate, Abubakar Audu, was leading while the incumbent Governor, Captain Idris Wada of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) trailed by a margin less than the number of cancelled votes.

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress had 240,867 votes while that of the PDP got 199,514 votes.

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No date was fixed by INEC for a supplementary election in Kogi State.

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History Repeats As INEC Says Imo Guber Election Inconclusive

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The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the governorship election in Imo state inconclusive.

Due to the number of cancelled votes (144,715) in relation to the margin of win (79,529) by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Rochas Okorocha, the Returning Officer, Professor Ibidapo Obe, declared the election inconclusive.

He said a new date would be announced for a supplementary election in the cancelled wards spread across several local government areas.

Mr. Okorocha was initially thought to have won the election after he garnered 385,671 votes compared to the 306,142 votes scored by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Emeka Ihedioha. The APC candidate is ahead of Mr. Ihedioha by 79,529 votes, which is by far lower than the 144,715 votes cancelled by INEC as a result of irregularities in some wards.

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