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The INEC returning officer,
Joseph Afuwape for the election the Osun state gubernatorial election held
yesterday has declared it inconclusive.
The reason for the cancellation, according to the
electoral body, is because the number of cancelled votes is higher than the
margin between the two top candidates.
Peoples Democratic Party candidate Ademola Adeleke led
the race with 254,698 votes, 353 votes more than his closest rival, Gboyega
Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress.
The margin was, however, less than the 3,498 votes in the
polling units where voting was cancelled.
Consequently, the Returning Officer for the election,
Professor Joseph Afuape, declared the poll inconclusive.
“Unfortunately, as the Returning Officer, it is not
possible to declare any party as the clear winner of this election at the first
ballot,”
“The Independent National Electoral Commission will
announce a date when another ballot will take place. I hereby declare the
result inconclusive.”
Details later…
