INEC declares Plateau governorship poll inconclusive | Nairalaw

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the
governorship election in Plateau State as inconclusive.

The All Progressives Congress candidate, Simon Lalong, led with
583,255 votes in 11 local governments, while the Peoples Democratic
Party candidate, Jeremiah Useni, got 538,326.

Given the 44,929 margin of lead and the total number of
cancelled votes at 49,377, the Returning Officer in Plateau State,
Prof Richard Kimbir, who spoke at the state INEC headquarters,
stated that the election was inconclusive.

Kimbir said, “Going by the 1999 Constitution of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria as amended, I am constrained to say that the
election to governorship election is inconclusive. In 21 days,
supplementary elections will be conducted.”

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