INEC reverses self on Kogi election, declares PDP winner of senatorial seat
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Ahmed
Ogembe the winner of the re-run election in Kogi Central senatorial
district held on Saturday.
This is contained in a statement signed
by Halilu Pai, the Resident Electoral Commissioner and made available to
newsmen on Monday in Lokoja.
Mr. Pai said Mr. Ogembe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) polled 45, 468 votes to beat four other contestants in the election that was earlier declared inconclusive.
He attributed the reason for the decision to declare the election inconclusive to ‘minor error’ during collation.
Other candidates who contested the poll were: Nurudeen Abatemi of the
PPA, Moses Wokili of the SDP, and Bashir Sani Omolori of MPPP
However the commission still maintains its decision to declare the election in Kogi East Senatorial district as inconclusive.
The commission is yet to fix a date for the conduct of fresh elections
in constituencies where elections were declared inconclusive.
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