INEC Calls For Peace During Osun Rerun Election

INEC boss Mahmood Yakubu

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has spoke to Osun inhabitants to keep quiet and serene amid the rerun booked to hang on September 27. 

The appointive body additionally adulated the inhabitants for their direct in the governorship race which occurred on Saturday. 

INEC said this in an announcement issued on Sunday by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education, Solomon Soyebi. 

The commission focused on that just the votes of the electorate in the state would figure out who might turn into the following representative. 

INEC stated, " Based on the outcomes ordered by the returning officer, the edge between the two driving applicants is 353 which is lower than the quantity of enlisted voters in the influenced regions. 

"Surviving law and INEC Guidelines and Regulations give that where such a circumstance happens, an affirmation may not be made. 

"In the light the previous, the commission met and concluded that it will remobilise and come back to the influenced surveying units on Thursday 27th September, 2018 to Rerun the decisions, close resemblance and make a Return. 

"We offer to all partners and especially the general population of Osun State to proceed with the development and tranquil way they have so far moved toward the races".