INEC to conduct re-run in Zaki federal constituency
The regulatory body’s head of voter education, Ahmed Waziri, announced at the weekend that the PDP candidate was leading in the earlier collated results, but the total votes cancelled in the affected polling units exceeded the margin between him and his closest rival of the APC which necessitated the conduct the rerun election as provided by law.
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