Thursday, September 27 has been picked by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for Osun State gubernatorial rerun.
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ademola Adeleke, had polled 254,698 votes to defeat that of the All Progressives Congress, Gboyega Oyetola, who polled 254,345 votes.
However, due to irregularities which marred the election at some polling units in Ife North, Ife South and Orolu local government areas, including cases of card reader malfunctioning, ballot box snatching, among others, this led to the cancellation of 3,498 votes recorded in the affected polling units.
Quoting INEC’s Standing Rules at the commission’s headquarters in Osogbo, the state capital, the Returning Officer and Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Prof Joseph Fuwape, said since the margin between the two leading candidates was lower than the registered cancelled votes, the election had to be declared inconclusive.
He stated that a rerun would take place at the affected polling units on Thursday, September 27, 2018.
PMParrot reporter on ground informed that politicians have started making contacts with one another to form fresh alliances.
We were informed that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is leading in this direction.
Said a source “APC leaders are already making plans to reach out to Moshood Adeoti of ADP.”
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