INEC declares Osun guber poll inconclusive

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday afternoon declared the Osun State governorship election inconclusive.

INEC Returning Officer, Joseph Abiola Afuwape announced that the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Ademola Adeleke, garnered 254,699 votes while Isiaka Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress had 254,345 votes.
Afuwape said a winner could not be declaration because the number of cancelled votes was higher than the margin between the two top candidates.
The margin between the PDP and APC candidates is 354 votes.
The total number of voided votes is 3,498.
According to the returning officer, date for the run-off election between Adeleke and Oyetola in three local governments, Osogbo, Orolu and Ife South, where voided votes were recorded would be announced later.
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