{"id":26606,"date":"2018-09-23T14:52:03","date_gmt":"2018-09-23T13:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=26606"},"modified":"2018-09-23T14:54:15","modified_gmt":"2018-09-23T13:54:15","slug":"inec-declare-osun-election-inconclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/inec-declare-osun-election-inconclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"INEC Declares Osun Election Inconclusive"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the Osun State governorship election is \u201cinconclusive\u201d.<\/p>\n

Announcing the results on Sunday afternoon,INEC\u2019s Returning Officer, Joseph Afuwape, said Ademola Adeleke, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), polled 254,699, while his closest challenger, Isiaka Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC), had 254,345 votes.<\/p>\n

Iyiola Omisore of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) polled 128,049 votes, placing him a distant third.<\/p>\n

However, Afuwape said that since the difference between the two leading parties was just 353 votes but the number of cancelled votes was 3,498, no winner had emerged.<\/p>

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\u201cUnfortunately, as the Returning Officer, it is not possible to declare any party as winner,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He implored party agents to wait for a few minutes to get the date for a rerun in the the affected areas between the two leading candidates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the Osun State governorship election is \u201cinconclusive\u201d. Announcing the results on Sunday afternoon,INEC\u2019s Returning Officer, Joseph Afuwape, said Ademola Adeleke, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), polled 254,699, while his closest challenger, Isiaka Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC), had 254,345 votes. 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