#NigeriaDecides2023: INEC Declares Election Inconclusive In Yobe South, To Hold Rerun

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared as inconclusive the senatorial election in Yobe South.

Naija News gathered that The senatorial election returning officer, Professor Shettima Abdulkadir Sa’idu disclosed the election was inconclusive when he was declaring results in Potiskum.

According to him, the decision follows the cancellation of results in Polling Unit 003 Manawaci under Fika Local Government due to overvoting.

Sa’idu revealed that the total number of votes cast exceeded the number of accredited voters in the affected polling unit.

The returning officer further disclosed that there were 1,118 registered voters at the cancelled polling unit, but the total number of accredited voters in the polling unit exceeded the total number of registered voters.

He explained that the electoral umpire would schedule the reelection between the two leading political parties- All Progressives Congress (APC) which scored 69,417 votes already and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which polled 68,800 votes too.

Sa’idu submitted that, “I want us to get it straight, the difference between the first and the second is 617. However, in the process of the election, we have had a total of 1,118 votes cancelled.

“If the difference is higher than the total cancelled, then we will declare the winner but where the cancelled is higher than the difference, can we declare the winner? This is where we found ourselves now.”