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Osun State Governorship rerun to hold September 27, says INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission has fixed September 27th for Osun State governorship rerun.

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ademola Adeleke, obviously defeated that of the All Progressives Congress, Gboyega Oyetola.

However, due to irregularities which marred the election at some polling units in Ife North, Ife South and Orolu local government areas, including cases of card reader malfunctioning, ballot box snatching, among others, this led to the cancellation of 3,498 votes recorded in the affected polling units.

Quoting INEC’s Standing Rules at the commission’s headquarters in Osogbo, the state capital, the Returning Officer and Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Prof Joseph Fowape, said since the margin between the two leading candidates was lower than the registered cancelled votes, the election had to be declared inconclusive.

He stated that a rerun would take place at the affected polling units on Thursday, September 27, 2018.

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