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Akinwande Soji-Ojo
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the election for Oluyole Federal Constituency inconclusive.
Thr Returning Officer made the announcement following recorded violence and destruction of ballot papers in eight polling units
The Returning Officer, who declared the result inconclusive in Idi-Ayunre, headquarters of Oluyole Local Government on Sunday, said the difference in the results between the incumbent, Tolulope Akande-Sadipe of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Abdulmojeed Mogbonjubola, was not up to the number of registered voters in the eight polling units cancelled.
“The APC candidate polled 9,849 votes while the PDP candidate polled 9,028, leaving a difference of 821 votes whereas the number of PVC collected in the cancelled polling units in Oluyole Federal Constituency is more than the difference.”
He said the total PVCs collected in the affected eight polling units are 6,537.
The returning officer however failed to mention when the rerun election will be conducted in the affected polling units