only 118,803 voters will participate during Saturday's governorship
rerun in Imo State . The commission had earlier declared 144, 715
voters as against the new figure of 118,803.
Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Dr Gabriel Ada disclosed
this to newsmen and party agents in Owerri, the state capital
yesterday during a briefing over preparation for the election.
Ada added that 200 polling units spread across the 23 Local Government
Areas in the state where election have been declared inconclusive
would be involved.
Governor Rochas Okorocha , candidate of the All Progressive Congress
(APC) at the April 11 governorship election in the state, polled
385,071 winning in 20 Local Government Areas out of the 27 in the
state, while his closest rival, Hon Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), polled 306, 142 , winning 7 LGAs.
LEADERSHIP gathered that the twist in figure might not be unconnected
to the outright call for the redeployment of the REC from the state
before the election.
--Leadership
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