The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Plateau Central Senatorial Zone, Golkuna Gotom has called on the chairman of the Independent
National Electoral Commission , Prof. Mahmood Yakubu and Plateau State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr Oliver Agundu to prevail on the Returning Officer of Plateau Central Senatorial zone to declare the correct results.
DAILY POST recalls that the National Assembly elections were held on the 25th of March 2023 alongside the presidential polls, but the result for the senatorial elections are yet to be declared as of the time of filing this report.According to him: “With the result available, I won the senatorial election for Plateau Central with a very wide margin. I had expected a declaration of results within days after the polls, but it has lingered for 12 days now.
The PDP candidate further stated that even the sitting governor of the state lost his senatorial bid to PDP, and the results were declared. He explained that the Electoral Act in Section 64 subsection 7 stipulates that if the disputed results were collated and discovered to be of mass errors, such results should be corrected to produce a new result and that falls under the power of the Electoral Officer.
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