In a statement signed by Festus Okoye, INEC’s national commissioner and chairman of information and voter education committee, the electoral body said it’s decision to suspend the elections was based on “reports from our officials in the field”.
The statement reads: “Based on reports from our officials in the field, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has determined that there has been a widespread disruption of elections conducted on the 9th day of March 2019 in Rivers state.
“Consequently, at a meeting held today 10th March 2019, the commission has decided to suspend all electoral processes in the state until further notice. This is in line with Section 26 of the Electoral Act, 2010 (as amended) and Clause 479e0 of the Regulations and Guidelines of the commission.
“The commission has also established a Fact-Finding Committee to assess the situation and report
SOKOTO STATE
Announcing the result of the election around 2:55 Monday morning, Fatima Mukhtar, the INEC returning officer, said the number of valid votes were 987, 942, rejected votes was given as 30,082 while the total vote cast was given 1, 019,024.
Mrs Mukhtar, the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Dutse, said the number of registered voters was 1,887, 767 while the number of accredited voters was 1, 033,081.
The result showed that the Sokoto state governor and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Aminu Tambuwal, polled 489,558 votes while Aliyu Ahmad of the All Progressives Congree APC polled 486,145; the PPA polled 1,353 votes.
The margin of win between the two leading parties, APC and PDP, was given as 3, 413.
Similarly, the number of cancelled votes exceeded the margin between both parties. This, the INEC official said, necessitated the need to declare the election inconclusive.
BAUCHI STATE·
INEC) has declared the Bauchi State governorship election inconclusive.
From the final results declared, the margin of lead which stood at 4059 is less than cancelled Votes, 45,312, excluding Tafawa Balewa.
The INEC will now organise another fresh election in the affected polling units of Tafawa Balewa LGA
Below are the details of the declared result.
Total Registered Voters: 2,323603
Accredited Voters:1,056,729
APC: 465,453
NNPP: 31,057
PDP: 469,512
PRP:45,735
Total Votes Cast: 1,026,801
Rejected: 21,419
Margin of lead : 4059
PLATEAU STATE
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.”
The total number of registered voters was put at 2,480,455, while accredited voters was 1,147,025.
The total number of valid votes was 1,138,987 with 16,691 rejected votes, resulting in 1,154,678 total votes cast.
ADAMAWA STATE
PDP 367,473
APC 334,997
ADC 113,205
INEC declares Adamawa Governorship Elections inconclusive. Margin of winning lower than number of registered voters in cancelled polling units
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