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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the governorship election in Benue State inconclusive. The announcement was made on Monday afternoon by Professor Sebastian Maimako, the Returning Officer, at the INEC collation centre in Benue. At the last count, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) got 410,576 votes against 329,022 votes secured by the All Progressives Congress (APC). Giving the reason for declaring the election inconclusive, the electoral commission said there were cancellations in some polling units, totalling 121,019 votes. No new date has been announced for the supplementary election in the areas where elections were cancelled.

Ahead of the March 23 supplementary election in Benue State, youths in the state have accused the All Progressives Congress of planning to thumb-print ballot papers ahead of the poll. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had ordered for a rerun after declaring the guber election in the state inconclusive. The electoral umpire hinged its reason on the fact that the number of the margin between the winner and the runner-up was lesser than the number of canceled votes. It subsequently fixed March 23 as date for a rerun. Comrade Terrence Kuanum, President, Benue Youth Forum, BYF, who raised the alarm on Tuesday, named APC Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, former Benue Governor, George Akume and APC National Leader, Bola Tinubu as real enemies of the state. Terrence vowed that Benue youths would resist every attempt by the APC national body to impose its candidate, Emmanuel Jime on the state. His statement reads below. Our re...