INEC declares Kuje Area Council Election inconclusive | Nairalaw

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has
declared the Kuje Area Council chairmanship and councillorship
elections inconclusive.

INEC’s Returning Officer for the council, Zainab Gbefwi, told
newsmen that the election was declared inconclusive due to
electoral violence in Rubochi.

Gbefwi said that because of the violence, the elections in
Rubochi ward and some polling units in Kwaku and Kabi where Card
Readers were not fully used had to be cancelled.

She added that INEC materials were destroyed and some ad hoc
staff injured in the course of the violence that occurred.

“At the end of collation, there was no clear winner because the
candidate that had the majority votes had one-quarter of two-thirds
of the votes cast.

“But the difference between the candidate with the majority
votes and the next candidate is very small as compared to the
number of registered voters and votes cancelled,” she said.

The returning officer said that re-run elections would be
organised in Kabi, Kasa, and other polling units as a result of
over voting.

She said that the date for the re-run would be announced later
after consultations with the FCT Resident Electoral Officer.