The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rejected the Akwa Ibom rerun election held on Saturday.
This was made known in a statement on Tuesday by INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee (IVEC), Festus Okoye.
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According to the electoral body, it rejected the results of the rerun election in Essien Udim LGA because its officials were abducted and forced to compromise the processes.
He said the decision to reject the election was taken after INEC reviewed Saturday’s re-run election in 28 Constituencies, in 11 states.
