INEC Declares Kebbi Gubernatorial Election Inconclusive

The Kebbi gubernatorial election has been ruled inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Yusuf Sa’idu, the INEC Collation and Returning Officer for the State, declared the governorship election inconclusive due to “massive vote cancellation and overvoting” in 20 of the State’s 21 LGAs.

There were 792,234 votes cast, of which 18,204 were rejected, according to the returning officer. The total number of votes cast was 760,438 while there were 2,032,041 registered voters.

According to Sa’idu, the PDP received 342,980 votes while the All Progressives Congress (APC) received 388,258 votes, a difference of 45,278.

Sa’idu cited the Electoral Act 2022 when he said, “We totaled the number of collected PVCs in those polling units (where votes were annulled), and it came to a total of 91,829. The two major political parties in this election, the APC and PDP, received 388,258 votes each, according to the results, and 342,980 votes, respectively. When we examine the difference, we find that it is 45,278.

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“The presiding officer shall annul the outcome of the election in any polling unit where the number of votes cast in an election exceeds the number of accredited voters in that polling unit. In accordance with subsection 2 of Section 51, it is also stated in subsection 3 that no return for an election shall be made until a new election has been held in the polling place in question.

I, Prof. Yusuf Sa’idu of the Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto, hereby declare the gubernatorial election in Kebbi State inconclusive in accordance with these provisions and the powers granted to me as the Collation and Returning Officer of the 2023 gubernatorial election in Kebbi State.