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February 25, 2019
The election results of Ogun East SenatorialDistrict was on Monday declared inconclusive by the Independent NationalElectoral Commission INEC.
The Returning Officer for Ogun East, Chris Onwuka ofthe Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, said that the decision todeclare the election inconclusive was based on the principle of INEC.
He said the election was cancelled because of overvoting in Ajebandele Ward in Ijebu East Local Government where total vote castwere more than the number of accredited voters.
There was protest within the collation centre atIjebu-Ode Local Government Town Hall when Onwuka was about declaring LekanMustapha of All Progressive Party (APC) as the winner of the election.
Mustapha polled a total vote of 84,929, his closestrival, Adeola Sosanwo of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, polled 82,457 votes.
The returning officer said that there was allegedcase of discrepancies in the election results.