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Following the inconclusive nature of the September 22 gubernatorial election in Osun State, in which the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP led by 353, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced Thursday, September 27 as the new date for rerun

According to the commission, the rerun will be conducted in some of the units in which votes were cancelled for alleged irregularities. The affected local governments are : Orolu, Osogbo, Ife South and Ife North, making four local governments in all. DAILY POST reports that INEC had on Sunday announced the final results of the governorship election, with candidate of PDP leading with a total votes of 254, 698, while APC polled 254,345 to come second in the exercise. The returning officer for the governorship election, Prof. Joseph Adeola, who announced the results reeled out the total number of valid votes to be 767,955 and rejected votes to be 47,843.  Adeola added that the margin between the PDP and APC which is 353, and the total cancelled ballots totalling 3348 will not make any party a winner of the contest, in line with electoral act. He, therefore, declared the election inconclusive, as he said the exact date for rerun will be announced soonest.

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