INEC Declares Taraba By-election Inconclusive

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared the by- election held on Saturday in Taraba State inconclusive.

The election umpire said its decision was due to the margin of votes recorded in the election by both the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate, Sadiq Tafida and the Social Democratic Party, SDP, flagbearer, Innocent Jabayang.

The PDP candidate scored 17,214 while that of the SDP polled 15,537.

The commission said the winning margin is less than cancelled votes in the effected polling unit.

The returning office declared that, INEC will conduct supplementary election for PDP and SDP only.