INCONCLISIVE GOV’SHIP ELECTION: INEC ADDS PLATEAU, ADAMAWA TO THE LIST

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Joseph Omoniyi

INEC has again declared the governorship elections in Plateau and Adamawa States inconclusive.

In separate announcements ,the Returning officers for the election in the two states made the declaration on the early hours of Monday.

According to the Plateau state Returning Officer, Professor Richard Kimbir, the margin of a lead of 44,929 between the APC and the PDP candidates is less than 49,377 cancelled votes.

He further stated that bye-elections should hold in the affected areas.

Simon Lalong of APC polled a total of 583,255 votes while Jerry Useni of PDP scored 538,326.

The election was declared inconclusive in both states following a similar development in Sokoto State.

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