{"id":16064,"date":"2019-03-12T20:43:45","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T20:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=16064"},"modified":"2019-03-12T20:43:45","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T20:43:45","slug":"still-on-his-excellencies-governors-inconclusive-inec-announces-new-date-for-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=16064","title":{"rendered":"Still on His Excellencies, “Governors “Inconclusive”; INEC announces new date for polls"},"content":{"rendered":"

The IndependentNational Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed the 23rd March for election in States where elections were inconclusive and Governors-elect not named.
\nThe States include Adamawa, Bauchi, Benue, Sokoto, Kano, and Plateau.
\nNational Commissioner and Chairman of the INEC Committee on Information and Voter Education, Mr. Festus Okoye, also announced that a fact-finding committee will go to Bauchi to investigate why the election in one of the local government areas.
\n

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The INEC statement<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nDetails of where supplementary elections will take place is being worked out, but below are the affected states and why the elections are holding as pieced together unofficially by analysts:
\nAdamawa State
\nUmaru Fintiri (PDP) – 367,471
\nJibrilla Bindow (APC) – 334,995
\nMargin – 32,476
\nCancelled votes – 40,988
\nBauchi State
\nBala Mohammed (PDP) – 469,512
\nMohammed Abubakar (APC) – 465,453
\nMargin – 4,059
\nCancelled votes – 45,312
\nBenue State
\nSamuel Ortom (PDP) – 410,576
\nEmmanuel Jime (APC) – 329,022
\nMargin – 81,554
\nCancelled votes – 121,019
\nKano State
\nAbba Yusuf (PDP) – 1,014,474
\nAbdullahi Ganduje (APC) – 987,819
\nMargin – 26,655
\nCancelled votes – 128,572
\nPlateau State
\nSimon Lalong (APC) – 583,255
\nJerry Useni (PDP) – 538,326
\nMargin – 44,929
\nCancelled votes – 49,377
\nSokoto State
\nAminu Tambuwal (PDP) – 489,558
\nAliyu Ahmed (APC) – 486,145
\nMargin – 3,413
\nCancelled votes – 75,403.
\n_______
\nCancelled polling units across Kano that were expected to be re-run so far
\nBichi
\nOne polling unit due to over voting.
\nDawakin Kudu
\nOne polling unit due to violence.
\nDoguwa
\n8 polling units due to violence, non use of card reader, over voting and manual voting.
\nGabasawa
\n5 polling units due violence, over voting and card reader issues.
\nGezawa
\n1 polling unit due to over voting.
\nSumaila
\n3 polling units due to over voting.
\nWarawa
\n3 polling units due to over voting.
\nKiru
\nOne polling unit due to card reader issues.
\nRimin Gado
\n8 polling units due to over voting.
\nWudil
\n3 polling units due violence and over voting.
\nTudun Wada
\n4 polling units due to violence.
\nMinjibir
\n10 polling units due to over voting and manual voting.
\nRogo
\n4 polling units due to violence and over voting.
\nKura
\nCancellation is due to over voting.
\nTakai
\n4 polling units due to over voting.
\nKano Municipal
\n2 polling units due to over voting and manual voting.
\nNassarawa and Dala
\nThere’s debate on the exact figures of the affected polling units.
\n_______
\n[3\/11, 8:39 AM] \u202a+234 0130\u202c: This is the total figure
\nCancelled votes: 40988.
\nThe places affected are
\nLGAs effected
\nGirei 1,874
\nShelleng 1,116
\nMubi North 1,978
\nSong 3,833
\nFufore 9507
\nMichika 11,016
\nNuman 5,014
\nGuyuk 1,950
\nLamurde 3,963
\nGanye 737.
\nThe rerun election will take place in:
\n1. Demsa
\n2. Numan
\n3. Lamurde
\n4. Yola-South (Bako Ward)
\n5. Muchalla in Mubi
\n6. Bako in Yola Town
\nAmong these six areas, five, according to analysts, are PDP strongholds.
\nSaid an analyst, “The total number of registered voters in the affected units is 40988 votes and PDP is already leading with 32476 votes. PDP needs only 10000 votes out of the 40988 votes. In fact 5000 votes will make PDP winner.”
\nFollowing the allegations of the involvement of security men in the electoral process, one source boasted that even if the whole Nigeria Armed Forces and Police are deployed for the rerun, PDP will get more votes in the polling units.
\nThe Polling Units Said to be affected are:
\n1. Madagali – 3 PUs
\n2. Michika – 5 PUs
\n3. Mubi North – 3 PUs
\n4. Hong – 4 PUs
\n5. Song – 4 PUs
\n6. Toungo – 3 PUs
\n7. Demsa – 4 PUs
\n8. Numan – 6 PUs
\n9. Lamurde – 3 PUs
\n10. Guyuk – 3 PUs
\nTOTAL = 44 PUs
\n_______
\nIn Plateau, the areas with cancelled votes are:
\n1. Barkin Ladi
\na. Barkin Joji PU – 570
\n2. Bokkos:
\na. Bot Buut – 907
\nb. Prim. Sch. Dimak – 300
\nc. Prim. Sch. Orit – 1,062
\nd. Bot Bot – 1,871
\ne. Mandar – 1,174
\nTotal = 5,314
\n3. Bassa:
\na. PU 1 – 695
\nb. Mr. Ali – 2,383
\nTotal = 3,078
\n4. Langtang South:
\na. Dadin Kowa – 845
\nb. Magama – 951
\nc. Timbul – 870
\nd. Turaki – 741
\ne. Timbul PU001 – 1,192
\nf. Timbul PU002 – 1,192
\ng. Violence – 2,094
\nTotal = 7,595
\n5. Pankshin:
\nTat RA 1 PU – 397
\n6. Kanam:
\na. Tamara Private Sch. – 1,247
\nb. Igabi – 1,380
\nTotal = 2,627
\n7. Jos North:
\nPUs 014\/018\/067 – 4,157
\n8. Mangu:
\nMangu Ward 1 (8Units) – 25,035
\n9. Shendam:
\nGung PU – 851
\nGrand Total Votes Cancelled = 49,624<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The IndependentNational Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed the 23rd March for election in States where elections were inconclusive and Governors-elect not named. The States include Adamawa, Bauchi, Benue, Sokoto, Kano, and Plateau. National Commissioner and Chairman of the INEC Committee on Information and Voter Education, Mr. Festus Okoye, also announced that a fact-finding committee will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":16065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16064\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}