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INEC to Hold Run Off Election in Taraba on April 25

Farouk Mohammed
By Farouk Mohammed
Published: April 15, 2015
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed April 25 for the run off of the Taraba governorship elections.

INEC Head of Public Affairs, Mr Fabian Yame, made this known to newsmen in Jalingo on Tuesday
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that contest is between Mrs Aisha Alhassan of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Mr Darius Ishaku of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP.

You recall that the INEC Returning Officer, Prof. Mohammed Kyari, had on Monday declared the
governorship election inconclusive. Mohammad said the number of cancelled votes totalling 127,125 were more than the 54,812 margin between the PDP candidate who polled 317,198 and the APC candidate with 262,386 votes.

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He said the constitution and the Electoral Act states that if the difference between the cancelled votes was higher than the margin between the first and the second person, elections should be declared inclusive and a run off held.

The run off election will be held in the whole of Donga Local Government and some polling units in Bali, Karim Lamido, Takum, Ussa, Wukari, Yorro and Zing.

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