declared inconclusive.
Prof Benjamin Ozumba, the returning officer for Abia state, made the
declaration on April 13, The Punch reports.
Speaking in Umuahia on Monday, the official explained that the
decision was made because the total number of registered voters in
areas where elections were not held or where elections were cancelled,
was higher than the margin of difference between the two leading
candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressive
Grand Alliance.
This comes after the INEC declared Taraba guber poll inconclusive for
similar reasons: the total number of votes rejected and cancelled was
more than the total vote with which the PDP's Darius Ishaku led the
runner-up Aisha Al-Hassan of the APC.
The Taraba government was forced to impose a curfew in the state from
7pm to 6am to forestall the anticipated political violence in the
state.
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