The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has
declared Hon. Ahmed Ogembe the winner of the re-run election in Kogi Central
senatorial district held on Feb. 20.
This is contained in a statement signed by Alhaji Halilu Pai,
the Resident Electoral Commissioner and made available to newsmen on Monday in
Lokoja.
Pai said that Ogembe of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP)
polled 45, 468 votes to beat four other contestants in the election that was
earlier declared inconclusive.
He attributed the reason for the decision to declare the
election inconclusive to `minor error’ during collation.
Other candidates who contested the poll were: Sen. Nurudeen
Abatemi of the PPA, Mr Moses Wokili of the SDP, Mr Bashir Sani Omolori of MPPP
However the commission still maintains its decision to declare
the election in Kogi East Senatorial district as inconclusive.
The commission is yet to fix a date for the conduct of fresh
elections in constituencies where elections were declared inconclusive. (NAN)
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