Kogi governorship election The Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Kogi State governorship
election inconclusive.
Declaring the results of the election, the electoral body
said its decision was reached after collation of results that showed a
number of cancelled votes that was high than the margin between the
leading candidate and the runner-up.
After the 21 local councils’ election results were
collated on Sunday, the All Progressives Congress’ candidate, Abubakar
Audu, was leading while the incumbent Governor, Captain Idris Wada of
the Peoples Democratic trailed by a margin less than the number of
cancelled votes.
INEC returning officer further said it would conduct a supplementary election in the state to decide the winner of the election.
The Kogi governorship election is the first election that the new leadership of the INEC is conducting.
It is also the first election under the administration of
President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress, after the
ruling party won the March 28 Presidential election, taking power from
the Peoples Democratic Party that had ruled the nation for 16 years.
Earlier, observers monitoring the governorship election in
Kogi State called on political parties to ensure their supporters and
members remain calm as collation of election results continue in Kogi
State.
A human rights lawyer, Onyeisi Chiemeka, also told Channels Television
that the polls appeared to have been free and fair although there were
some challenges recorded by INEC especially with logistics.
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