The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared the Kogi West Senatorial election inconclusive. Senator Dino Melaye of the PDP and Smart Adeyemi of the APC are the main contenders in the election which was held on Saturday.
The returning officer, Professor Olayinde Lawal, declared the election inconclusive with Adeyemi leading Melaye with 20,570 votes, by scoring 80,118 votes, while Melaye scored 59, 548 votes.
Lawal said the margin between the candidates is lower than the 43,127 registered voters in 53 polling units of 20 registration areas in the zone where elections were cancelled.
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The returning officer, who declared the election inconclusive said, he was constrained by law to declare a winner because of the smaller margin of lead between the leading candidates and the cancelled votes .
He added that INEC will announce a new date for the conduct of a supplementary election in the 53 polling units before a winner can be returned.
