The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has
declared the Kebbi gubernatorial election inconclusive.
Yusuf Sa’idu, INEC collation and returning officer, said the
poll was declared inconclusive because of “massive vote cancellation and
overvoting” in 20 of the 21 LGAs in the state.
Sa’idu said the total number of registered voters was
2,032,041 out of which the All Progressives Congress (APC) polled 388,258 and
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) garnered 342,980, leaving a difference of
45,278.
The returning officer said 792, 234 votes were cast, 18,204
votes were rejected and the total votes cast was 760,438.
“We aggregated the total number of collected PVCs in those
polling units ( where votes were cancelled) and it came to a total of 91,829.
And when we checked the results, the two leading political parties in this
contest, APC and PDP polled 388,258 and 342,980 votes respectively. When we
looked at the difference, it stands at 45,278,” he said.
Quoting the Electoral Act 2022, Sa’idu said: “Where the
number of votes cast in an election in any polling unit exceeds the number of
accredited voters in that polling unit, the presiding officer shall cancel the
result of the election in that polling unit. Subsection three of section 51
also states that where the result of an election is cancelled in accordance
with sub-section two, there shall be no return for the election until another
poll has taken place in the affected polling unit.
“By virtue of these provisions and the powers vested in me
as the collation and returning officer of the 2023 gubernatorial election in
Kebbi State, I, Prof. Yusuf Sa’idu of the Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto,
hereby declare the gubernatorial election in Kebbi State inconclusive.”
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