The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared saturday House of Representatives by-election that held at Ilaje/Ese-Odo Federal Constituency in Ondo State inconclusive.
The difference in total votes between Labour Party (LP) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is 1300, while the rejected votes was more than 1800.
This, according to the Returning Officer for the Poll, a Professor from the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Babatunde Adeyemi has violated the electoral law.
Adeyemi explained that the margin of votes between contestants must be more than the number of votes cancelled.
Already, INEC has compiled other results for the remaining wards in the two local governments.
The results are as follow: ACD-137, APC- 9232, DPP-278, LP-23926, PDC-173, PDP- 22628 and PPA -81 votes.
However, Adeyemi said INEC will look into the disruption of Arugbo ward 2 election, which was allegedly hijacked by suspected militants on the waterways.
The returning officer said, it would be wrong for the electoral powerhouse not to allow electorates from Arugbo ward 2, who were about 7000 to take part in the election.
It was learnt that the hoodlums allegedly disrupted the election because the said ward was a stronghold of the PDP in the Council area.
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