Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has threatened to approach the court and challenge the inconclusiveness of the state governorship election held last Saturday.
Reacting to INEC’s declaration of the election as inconclusive where he was leading at a press conference, Tambuwal alleged that the Commission had yet to give reasons as to why an election re-run should be held.
Tambuwal noted, “The Returning Officer, up till now, has not told us why re-run in each of the polling units. The Electoral Act is very clear on reasons for re-run or inconclusiveness.“Where there is violence or malfunctioning card reader machine, what is expected is to record zero vote in such polling unit.
“Votes have been cast, we are clearly ahead with the highest number of votes in more than two-thirds areas of the state; therefore, INEC needs to come back and declare the result.
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