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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Tuesday, said it applied the “margin of lead principle” in announcing the winner of the Nov. 11 governorship election in Kogi.
INEC said that the supplement election earlier scheduled for Nov. 18 would not take place as announced.
Haliru Sule, Head of Voter Education and Publicity, Kogi INEC office, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja.
Sule explained that the commission had received various complaints during Saturday’s election, investigated them, and announced a re-run in Ogorimagongo and some Local Government Areas.
“But when we looked at all that is in contention, we discovered that we have no option but to apply the margin of lead principle.
“The principle says that if the number of PVCs collected in polling units where elections didn’t hold or were cancelled, is not in excess of the difference between the winner and the loser, then the commission can go ahead and make its declaration.
