INEC declares Zamfara by-elections inconclusive

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Kaura Namoda South constituency by-elections in Zamfara state as inconclusive.

This was disclosed by the returning officer, Saad Lawal, at Kasuwar Daji collation centre of the Kaura Namoda South by-elections in the state.

According to him, there was a need for the re-run of the election in three polling units that comprised at Kyambarawa ward and two polling units of Saka Jiki ward.

He cited relevant provisions of the Electoral Act 2022—Section 24 (2&3), Section 47 (3), and Section 51 (2).

The returning officer said the commission had no choice but to declare the election inconclusive, and a new date for the rerun election in the affected polling units would be announced later.

Lawal explained that the candidate for the All Progressive Congress (APC ) polled 7,001 while the People Democratic Party (PDP) candidate got 5,341 votes.

It was gathered that the breakdown of the results from the six wards where the bye elections were conducted in Kaura Namoda South, APC is leading in four wards, while PDP has won in two wards in the state.

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