The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has declared the
ife central state constituency Bye election held today inconclusive
following the cancellation of votes at two polling units.
Fresh election would be held tomorrow at Agbedegbde and Moore Ojaja polling units in Ward 3 where elections were cancelled.
The
announcement was made by the returning officer Dr Francis Oladimeji
after the collation of results from the 11 wards in the constituency.
He
explained that the report of violence recorded at the two polling units
led to the cancellation of 872 votes, saying the margin between the
two leading candidates is 710, making it imperatives to conduct a new
election.
Some
suspected political thugs had earlier disrupted voting process at the
two polling units, by attempting to snatch ballot boxes from INEC adhoc
staff.
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