The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has cancelled the planned rerun for the Niger state House Assembly elections in Agaie constituency.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Prof. Sam Egwu, yesterday, issued a press statement declaring the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate, Yahaya Abdullahi, as winner of the election.
The electoral umpire stated that the decision to declare PDP candidate was in line with the earlier pronouncement of .
The REC, in a statement he personally signed, said, “the rerun in two units has been dropped after due consultations with stakeholders.”
However, in a swift reaction, APC chairman, Eng. Mohammed Jibril Imam said the commission’s decision declaring the PDP candidate winner was unacceptable.
He said INEC erred in declaring the PDP candidate winner of the election it earlier said was inconclusive.
“Why should the commission take such critical decision when the votes difference in the results under contention were just 106, while the two units the rerun was billed to take place boast of 1,437 votes.” Imam queried in a chat with reporters.
