A former member of the House of Representatives, Michael Bamidele, has faulted the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over its failure to declare the candidate of the APC, Prince Abubakar Audu, winner of the contest.
Bamidele said based on the results declared by the electoral body, the late Audu had won the election.
The former lawmaker, however, advised INEC to seek judicial interpretations before concluding the Kogi governorship election to prevent anarchy.
Audu, who was the leading candidate in the election, died on Sunday.
“To save Kogi State, and indeed the entire nation from an embarrassing constitutional faux pas, it is imperative for the INEC to seek a prompt legal interpretation from the judiciary before taking any further action on the purported inconclusive election, in order to avert errors that might be tantamount to setting bad precedents in the electoral law,” Bamidele said while addressing newsmen in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday.
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