Tension as Governorship Rerun Elections Hold in Four States - THISDAYLIVE via thisdaylive
Buhari denies working to influence votersThere is palpable tension in Benue, Plateau, Sokoto and Kano states as thousands of voters in selected polling units file out this morning to conclude the elections that will determine winners of the governorship polls in the states.
Security has also been very tight in the four states, particularly in the local government areas where the rerun will hold. The IGP Mohammed Adamu charged them to remain patriotic, steadfast, professional, neutral and civil, but firm, in their conducts and actions during the make-up elections. At the national level, the PDP had alleged that it uncovered clandestine security meeting between the presidency, certain top officials of INEC and security agencies aimed at hijacking today’s supplementary elections, thus, raising tension nationwide.In Benue State, today’s rerun elections will hold in 204 polling units across 19 local government areas. Of the 121,670 registered voters in the affected polling units, 109,733 who collected PVCs are eligible to vote.
Tambuwal leads with 3,413 votes. On March 2, the PDP candidate polled 489,558 while the APC candidate polled 486,090 votes. In less than two years after the election that brought Ganduje to power, his relationship with his former boss became sour which finally led to the defection of Kwankwaso to the PDP.
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