Imo re-run election fixed for may 25-INEC

Owerri – The Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC), has fixed April 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)