The governorship elections in Plateau state has been declared
inconclusive by the returning officer for the state, Prof Richard
Kimber, the returning officer stated at the INEC headquarters in Jos, early hours of Monday.
OFFICIAL RESULTS OF 17 LGAs AS RELEASED BY INEC
*JOS EAST* ADP=39, APC=18,602, PDP=7, 994 ANN=39
*KANKE* ADP=313, APC-23.360, PDP=22,831, ANN=23, SDP=23
*LANGTANG NORTH* ADP=286, APC=18,979, PDP=40, 519, ANN=21, SDP=104
*B/LADI* ADP=57, APC=17,039, PDP=44, 233, ANN=77, SDP=19
One polling unit cancelled in B/Ladi
*BOKKOS* ADP=164, APC=26,219, PDP=25,363
5 Polling Units canceled in Bokkos LGA
*BASSA* ADP=34, APC=29, 401, PDP=32,825 ADC=34
*MIKANG* ADC=24, ADP=22, APC=15,150, PDP= 11,703
KANAM LGA
APC – 54,394
PDP – 21,956
Langtan South LGA
APC – 13,495
PDP – 17,644
Pankshin LG
APC – 35,769
PDP – 24,788
JOS SOUTH LGA APC – 33,075 PDP – 91,846
JOS NORTH LGA APC – 108,887 PDP – 67,113
MANGU LGA APC – 44,964 PDP – 40,035
SHENDAM LGA APC – 61, 647 PDP – 17,035
QUAN PAAN LGA
APC – 31,962
PDP – 20,939
RYOM LGA
APC – 12,720
PDP – 24,017
WASE LGA
APC – 37,593 PDP – 27,485
The
results was declared inconclusive due the number of cancelled votes,
the returning officer further revealed that the vote are higher than the
total difference between the two contending candidates of PDP and APC.
The
retuning officer had announced that APC had scored 583, 255 votes,
while PDP got 538, 326 votes; The margin between the two parties was 44,
929 while the cancelled votes were 49, 377 votes.
As a result, a
supplementary elections would be held within 21 days in nine local
government areas of Plateau state in accordance with electoral laws.
