INEC Holds Rerun Elections in Six States on March 23

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cd5ff83b inec INEC Holds Rerun Elections in Six States on March 23

To conclude polls in Adamawa, Bauchi, Benue, Kano, Plateau, Sokoto Buhari meets six APC Govs, insists on free and fair polls
Ruling party backs electoral body on inconclusive elections

Omololu Ogunmade, Onyebuchi Ezigbo, Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja and Ibrahim Shuaibu in Kano

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is set to draw the curtain on the general election as it yesterday fixed March 23, 2019 for supplementary elections in the six states it declared their governorship election held last Saturday as inconclusive.

The electoral body had declared governorship election in Adamawa, Sokoto, Benue, Bauchi, Kano and Plateau States as inconclusive.
In Adamawa State, Mr. Umaru Fintiri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), leads with 367,471 votes, while the incumbent, Mr. Jibrilla Bindow of the All Progressives Congress (APC), trailed with 334,995 votes. While total cancelled votes was 40,988, the two parties have a margin of…



Source: Thisday Newspaper