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BREAKING: INEC declares Osun election inconclusive #OsunDecides2018

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6 years ago

September 23, 2018

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the Osun governorship election inconclusive .INEC ’ s Returning Officer , Joseph Afuwape , who announced the results on Sunday afternoon , said the PDP candidate , Ademola Adeleke, polled 254 , 699 while Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress had 254 , 345 votes .

Iyiola Omisore of the Social Democratic Party polled 128 , 049 votes to place a distant third .

However , Afuwape said that since the difference between the two leading parties was just 353 votes but the number of cancelled votes was 3 , 5498, no winner had emerged .

“Unfortunately , as the Returning Officer , it is not possible to declare any party as the winner, ” he said.

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