The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday declared as “inconclusive”,
Prof. Mohammed Kyari, Returning Officer who made the declaration, 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.
“The margin between the winner and opponent is less than the total number of votes
“By law, since the margin of
He said his decision was in line with section 26 part 53 of the Electoral Act.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that while announcing the votes garnered by the two contending parties before declaring the outcome inconclusive, the
Kyari said that the Independent National Electoral Commission would conduct
NAN reports that earlier in the day, the INEC Collation Officer in charge of Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area,
She said the thugs later came back with an improvised result sheet and forced her to declare its content as being the outcome of the election in the local government area.