{"id":6305,"date":"2019-03-12T16:02:53","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T16:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=6305"},"modified":"2019-03-12T16:02:53","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T16:02:53","slug":"breaking-inec-declares-kano-governorship-election-inconclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/breaking-inec-declares-kano-governorship-election-inconclusive","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: INEC declares Kano governorship election inconclusive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared Kano governorship election inconclusive.<\/p>\n<p>The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the state, Riskuwa Shehu, declared election inconclusive due to high number of cancelled votes compared to margin between APC and PDP candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Shehu, therefore ordered for a rerun in areas where elections were cancelled in different parts of the State.<\/p>\n<p>PDP polled a total of 1,014,353 votes ahead of the APC which secured 953,522 votes in the governorship election of the state.<\/p>\n<p>Total margin between both APC and PDP candidate was 26,000 while Total votes cancelled: 141,694<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared Kano governorship election inconclusive. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the state, Riskuwa Shehu, declared election inconclusive due to high number of cancelled votes compared to margin between APC and PDP candidate. 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