March 11, 2019
The announcement was made on Monday afternoon.
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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.