The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is set
to hold fresh governorship elections in Taraba state on April 25.
This was disclosed on Tuesday, April 14, 2015, by the INEC
Head of Public Affairs, Fabian Yame, in Jalingo the state capital.
Earlier elections held in
the state on April 11 were declared inconclusive after the number of
cancelled votes amounted to more than the difference in votes between the two
major candidates; Aisha Alhassan of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and
Darius Ishaku of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
127,125 votes were cancelled while Ishaku polled 317,198 and
Alhassan came second with 262,386 votes.
Fresh elections will be held in the Donga Local Government
and in some polling units in Bali, Karim Lamido, Takum, Ussa, Wukari, Yorro and
Zing.
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