The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed April 25
for re-run of the 2015 governorship and some constituencies in the state
House of Assembly elections in Imo and Taraba states.
It has similarly fixed the supplementary governorship election for Abia State on the same day.
The April 11 elections had been inconclusive in the three states by INEC.
The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Imo State, Dr Gabriel Ada,
announced April 25 as the date for the re-run election during a news
conference in Owerri.
In Imo, the governorship poll was declared inconclusive following the
cancellation of results in more than 250 polling units in 23 of the 27
local
government areas.
The re-run will be between Governor Rochas Okorocha of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) and Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples’
Democratic Party (PDP).
According to Ada, the state constituencies affected in the re-run
include Ikeduru, Isiala Mbano, Isu, Oguta, Owerri West, and Oru East.
Ada explained that INEC ordered re-run for the governorship election
because of the 79,000 difference between the votes scored by the leading
and the second candidates.
“The registered voters in the affected polling units are more than
145,000 and when you consider this figure with the difference, you
discover that it was quite substantial number of voters,” he said.
Ada, who gave a breakdown of the state assembly results where the
exercise had been concluded, said APC won 16 seats, PDP five, while six
were inconclusive.
He further explained that some ad-hoc workers were being investigated
for their roles in the manipulation of results during March 28 and April
11 elections.
“We have several cases of figures being subverted from polling units to ward and down to the local government areas.
“INEC is investigating all these matters and those found culpable will be prosecuted,” he said.
Ada told reporters that the commission would continue to do its best to
ensure that the elections remained free, fair and credible and advised
people to respect the rules.
In the case of Taraba, INEC Head of Public Affairs, Fabian Yame, disclosed the re-run date to newsmen in Jalingo.
The contest is said to be between Aisha Jummai Alhassan of APC and Darius Ishaku of PDP.
The INEC Returning Officer, Prof. Mohammed Kyari, had on Monday declared the governorship election inconclusive.
Mohammad said the number of cancelled votes totalling 127,125 were more
than the 54,812 margin between the PDP candidate who polled 317,198 and
the APC candidate with 262,386 votes.
He said the constitution and the Electoral Act states that if the
difference between the cancelled votes was higher than the margin
between the first and the second person, elections should be declared
inclusive and a run off held.
The run-off election will be held in the whole of Donga Local Government
and some polling units in Bali, Karim Lamido, Takum, Ussa, Wukari,
Yorro and Zing.
In Abia, the supplementary election would be between Okezie Ikpeazu of
PDP and Alex Otti of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).
It will hold in selected polling units in Aba North and South, Osisioma,
Ugwunagbo, Umuahia North, Isiala Ngwa North, Obingwa, Ohafia and
Ikwuano.
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