Thursday, July 4, 2013
Why Oguta Constituency Election Was Inconclusive
http://www.inecnigeria.org/?inecnews=why-oguta-constituency-election-was-inconclusiveThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has received reports showing that the election conducted in Oguta constituency of Imo State last Saturday, June 29, 2013, witnessed incidentsof violence and unruly conduct by partisans,necessitating the cancellation of the electionin eight (8) polling units. This cancellation made the election inconclusive. Field reports showed that even though security agents mobilised appreciably for the exercise, there were cases of violence as well as ballots and result sheets snatching by thugs, as a result of which the election was cancelled in the following polling units: (i) PU 001 in Ward 05 (Ndeloukwu/Umuowerre) – with 768 registered voters. (ii) PU 007 in Ward 03 (Izombe) – 939 registered voters. (iii) PU 009 in Ward 09 (Oru) – 708 registered voters. (iv) PU 010 (Ward 09) – 657 registeredvoters. (v) PU 011 (Ward 09) – 407 registeredvoters. (vi) PU 012 (Ward 09) – 408 registeredvoters. (vii) PU 013 (Ward 09) – 667 registered voters. (viii) PU 003 in Ward 02 (Egwe/Egbuoma) – 212 registered voters. The total population of registered voters in the polling units affected was over 4,000; whereas the difference between the leadingcandidate and the next in the collated results was 2,011 votes. The procedure is that where the number of registered votersinvolved in a cancelled election exceeds the difference in the votes of the two leading candidates in collated results, the election will be declared inconclusive. It bears pointing out that the present outcome of Oguta constituency election is similar to what happened with the 2011 governorship election in Imo State, which was eventually resolved
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