PDP heads to court and demands the apprehension of the returning officer over inconclusive Osun Gubernatorial election
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has headed to court over recently concluded Gubernatorial election in Osun state. PDP is heading to quash the illegal declaration of the September 22, 2018 Osun Governorship election as inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The Peoples Democratic Party said"We insist that the polls have already been concluded and result announced in all polling and collation centres, thus bringing the exercise to its lawful conclusion and removing INEC powers to declare the election inconclusive. "Our electoral law is clear that once an election result is declared, INEC is bound to return a winner. INEC, in trying to play the card of the defeated APC, contravened the law by refusing to announce a return, even when the declared results have thrown up a winner. "Section 69 of the Electoral Act 2010 as amended states that inter-alia"in an election to the office of the President or Governor...