25 for re-run of the 2015 Governorship and some constituencies in the
state House of Assembly elections in Imo.
Dr Gabriel Ada, INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Imo State,
announced this at a news conference in Owerri on Wednesday.
INEC had declared the April 11 governorship polls in Imo inconclusive.
This followed the cancellation of elections in more than 250 polling
units in 23 of the 27 local government areas.
According to Ada, the state constituencies affected in the re-run
include: Ikeduru, Isiala Mbano, Isu, Oguta, Owerri West, and Oru East.
Ada explained that INEC ordered re-run for the governorship election
because of the 79,000 difference between the votes scored by the
leading and the second candidates.
"The registered voters in the affected polling units are more than
145,000 and when you consider this figure with the difference, you
discover that it was quite substantial number of voters'', he said.
Ada, who gave a breakdown of the state assembly results where the
exercise had been concluded, said APC won 16 seats, PDP five, while
six were inconclusive.
He further explained that some ad-hoc workers were being investigated
for their roles in the manipulation of results during March 28 and
April 11 elections.
"We have several cases of figures being subverted from polling units
to ward and down to the local government areas.
"INEC is investigating all these matters and those found culpable will
be prosecuted'', he said.
Ada told reporters that the commission would continue to do its best
to ensure that the elections remained free, fair and credible and
advised people to respect the rules.
--NAN
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