The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the
Saturday’s Nasarawa/Toto Federal Constituency bye-election
inconclusive.
Uji cited Section 53 of the Electoral Act which gives the commission
the power to cancel election in polling units where there is over
voting.
“For Nasarawa/Toto federal constituency, we have a total number of
202,338 registered voters for the election out of which 76,475 were
accredited and the total vote cast was 75,826 and we have 74,848 valid
votes and the rejected votes stand at 978.
“The cancelled votes taken from the vote cast stand at 39,150 and the
four political parties that participated at the bye-election scored the
following votes, APC scored 46,559; PDP scored 17,068; APGA 11,181 and
Labour party (LP) got 40 votes.
“The marginal difference between the APC and PDP is 29,491, and the
cancelled votes is 39,150, so the cancelled votes exceeded the marginal
difference between APC and PDP as a result of over voting in some
polling units of the constituency.
“Base on the relevant laws guiding the commission, we hereby order
for a rerun in the affected polling units on Wednesday, June 1 in order
to get a winner and such decision has been taken in the interest of
peace,” he said.
Also speaking, the Supervising Resident Electoral Commissioner for
the election, Prof. Habu Zarma, urged the stakeholders of the political
parties to cooperate with the commission in order to have a peaceful
rerun.
“The rerun is just serve as a second chance for the electorate to
choose a leader of their choice and we hope that a winner will be
declared during the rerun election,” he said.
While speaking with newsmen, Alhaji Mohammed Musa and Mr Ayuba
Wandai, the Sole Administrators of Nasarawa and Toto local government
areas of the state, respectively, expressed optimism that APC will come
victorious during the rerun election.
They called on the supporters of the APC to remain peaceful, law
abiding and come out en masse to vote for the party during the rerun
election.
Reacting on the rerun election, Mr Adamu Abubakar, the APC Returning
Agent for the election, said that as a law abiding party, APC has agreed
with the decision of the INEC in good faith.
“We are already leading other political parties with a lot of gap and
we are optimistic that our great party, APC, will win the rerun
election,” he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that INEC fixed May 28 for
the bye-election for the Nasarawa/Toto federal constituency following
the death of Rep. Musa Baba-Onwana.
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