The Kogi State chapter of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has requested the cancellation of results from five Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the November 11 governorship election.
The party’s collation agent, David Edibu, submitted a petition to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at the gubernatorial election collation centre.
Edibu urged the cancellation of results in Okene, Okehi, Ogori Magongo, Adavi, and Ajaokuta LGAs, as well as some parts of Lokoja.
The grounds for the petition included allegations of corrupt practices, votes buying, and over voting.
Edibu claimed that SDP agents were prevented from approaching polling units in these LGAs.
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The state Returning Officer, Prof. Johnson Urame, received the petitions on behalf of the commission and assured the SDP that the petition would be reviewed.
Meanwhile, the Peoples Democratic Party has also said that they are keying into the petition of the SDP.
The PDP’s collation agent, Abubakar Mahmood, added that the number of malpractices in the said LGAs was alarming.
Meanwhile, the All Progressives Congress while reacting to the call for cancellation, said that the PDP can not blame anyone for not bringing agents to the polling units.