The Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) has declared the result of Imo North Senatorial District
rerun election inconclusive.
The poll was conducted on Saturday.
Also declared inconclusive were the
results of Oru East and Isiala Mbano State Constituencies following reported
cases of shootings which characterised the exercise in some communities in the
two affected areas.
The shootings were reported at Okata and
Amiri in Oru East, while skirmishes and snatching of ballot boxes characterised
the election in some communities in Isiala Mbano area.
Prof. Arinze Agbogu, the INEC Returning
Officer for Imo North Senatorial District who announced the result on Sunday, however
said that Mr Ben Uwajumogu, APC’s senatorial candidate, polled 48,921.
Agbogu also announced that PDP’s Athan
Achonu scored 40,142 votes to emerge second in the already declared result.
He explained that results of several
polling units in Isiala Mbano area were characterised by irregularities leading
to cancelation of the results.
Agbogu explained that the exercise was
cancelled in 15 polling units with a total of 13,000 registered voters.
According to him, the difference
between the candidate with the highest score and the second stood at 8,777
votes.
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