INEC Fixes Sept 27 For Osun Rerun
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Thursday, September 27, as date for the Osun governorship rerun election.
The electoral commission, INEC, had declared the governorship election “inconclusive” on Sunday.
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The Chief Returning Officer, Prof. Joseph Fuwape, made the announcement at the INEC headquarters in Osun.
At the end of the collation of votes, the PDP candidate, Isiaka Ademola Adeleke, won majority votes of 254,698 votes, while Gboyega Oyetola of the APC came a close second with 254,345 votes. Both leading candidates had a difference of about 354 votes.
“Unfortunately as the returning officer, it’s not possible to declare anybody as the clear winner of the election on the first ballot,” Fuwape said.
He explained that the total registered voters in the five polling units where elections were cancelled is 3,498 votes. Since that figure was higher than the difference between the votes of the leading candidates, a re-run election had to be conducted, the INEC chief explained.
