Kogi West Senatorial Rerun: INEC Declares Election Inconclusive
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Kogi West senatorial rerun election which held on the 16th of November inconclusive.
Joy Kalu 
The INEC returning officer, Professor Olayinde Lawal, disclosed that the margin between the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Mr. Smart Adeyemi and that of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Dino Melaye is 20,570.
The professor announced that Mr Adeyemi polled a total of 80,118 votes, while Senator Melaye got 59,548 votes from the seven Local Government Areas in the senatorial district.
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Profesor Lawal then proceeded to explained that the total margin between both candidates is lower than 43,127 which is the number of registered voters in 53 polling units of 20 registration areas in the zone where elections were canceled.
The returning officer, who declared the election inconclusive said, he is constrained by law to declare a winner because of the lead margin between the leading candidates. He however added that INEC will announce a new date for the conduct of a supplementary election in the 53 polling units before a winner can be announced.
