Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared The Osun State Governorship election inconclusive.
Adeola said this, based on the fact that the total number of votes margin between the candidate with the highest votes and his closest rival was not up to the number of votes canceled.
The figure of canceled votes currently stands at 35,498.
Joseph Adeola said the date for the completion of the polls would be announced soon.
The election, one of the closest in Nigeria’s electoral history, was held on Saturday to elect a new governor for Osun, a Southwest state.
At the end of collation of results, Ademola Adeleke of the PDP won majority votes of about 254,698 while Gboyega Oyetola of the APC came a close second with 254,345 votes.
The difference between the two leading parties was just 353 votes.
In that case, rerun will be held in only affected areas where elections were cancelled.