The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has
fixed April 25 for the run off of the Taraba governorship elections.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that contest is
between Mrs Aisha Alhassan of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Mr Darius
Ishaku of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP.
NAN recalls that 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.etween the PDP candidate who polled 317,198 and the APC
candidate with 262,386 votes.
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