Over Voting :INEC declares Ifo 1 State constituency election inconclusive….to announce new date

Damilola Ajibola

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the House of Assembly Election in Ifo 1 State Constituency inconclusive over cancellation of result in unit 4,ward 01.

News Contact Online learnt that the polling unit result was cancelled due to alleged over voting and ballot snatching.

The Speaker of the State House of Assembly and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Hon. Olakunle Oluomo, was said to be leading in the election with close to a thousand votes, against the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party,  Okikiola Ogundele, who happens to be the son of tbe State Chairman of the party, Hon. Sikirullahi Ogundele.

It was gathered that the Returning Officer of the Constituency Election, Prof Olusegun Onabanjo, declared the election inconclusive due to over voting.

He was quoted thus, “The results of the unit is cancelled and the constituency election is hereby declared inconclusive due to Over-voting. A new date for the election at that polling unit shall be announced at a later date”.