INEC holds run off election in Taraba on April 25

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has
fixed April 25 for the run off of the Taraba governorship
elections.
The INEC Head of Public Affairs, Mr Fabian Yame, made this
known to newsmen in Jalingo on Tuesday
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that contest is
between Mrs Aisha Alhassan of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) and Mr Darius Ishaku of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP.
NAN recalls that the INEC Returning Officer, Prof.
Mohammed Kyari, had on Monday declared the
governorship election inconclusive.


Mohammad said the number of cancelled votes totalling
127,125 were more than the 54,812 margin between the
PDP candidate who polled 317,198 and the APC candidate
with 262,386 votes.
He said the constitution and the Electoral Act states that if
the difference between the cancelled votes was higher than
the margin between the first and the second person,
elections should be declared inclusive and a run off held.
The run off election will be held in the whole of Donga Local
Government and some polling units in Bali, Karim Lamido,
Takum, Ussa, Wukari, Yorro and Zing.
(NAN)