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INEC Declares Kano Election Inconclusive

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the results of last Saturday’s governorship election held in Kano state as inconclusive. The Returning Officer in the state, Professor BB Shehu disclosed this…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the results of last Saturday’s governorship election held in Kano state as inconclusive.

The Returning Officer in the state, Professor BB Shehu disclosed this on Monday night at the INEC head office in the state.

According to him, Abba Kabir Yusuf of the PDP has already polled 1,014,474 votes just as the incumbent state governor and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje got 987,819 votes.

He added that the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) came third and polled 104,009 votes.

With the result announced so far, the margin between PDP and APC is 26,665

Cancelled Votes = 141,694

Election to hold in 21 LGA involving over 100 polling units on a later date.

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Published March 12, 2019
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