#2019Election - Ogun East Senatorial Elections declared inconclusive

The Returning Officer for the Ogun East Senatorial District , Prof . Chris Nwoka, has declared elections into the Senate for the district inconclusive .


At the conclusion of collation of results from the nine local government areas, the APC had a total of 84, 929 votes , while the PDP polled 82, 457 votes .
Nwoka was about to declare the APC senatorial candidate , Senator Mustapha Olalekan , the winner over his closest rival , Sosanwo Ayoola of the PDP , when there was chaos in the hall .
It was observed that results were cancelled in Ward 10, Ajebandele , in the Ijebu East Local Government Area of the state.

The total number of voters in the ward exceeded the difference between the two leading parties .

However , our correspondent gathered that the entire ward results were cancelled because the number of voters in one of the units exceeded the number of accredited voters .
The electoral officer in charge of the ward was not available to clarify the issues , hence the decision of the returning officer to declare the elections inconclusive .
Our correspondent learnt that the confusion would be sorted out at Abeokuta , where all the broadsheets had been taken to .



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