The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has agreed to abide by the Supreme Court’s Judgment on Zamfara State Elections. This followed a two-day meeting by INEC on the Supreme Court judgment which rendered all votes cast for the APC null and void. INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, Friday, made the announcement during a press conference in Abuja.
Recall that the Apex court had ruled that the All Progressives Congress, APC, did not conduct valid primaries in the state.
The court therefore ordered that all votes by APC in the election were all wasted votes.
According to the INEC boss, following the judgment by the court, the commission met and took advice from its lawyers based on the judgment and determined that in the Governorship, the PDP won both the Governorship and Deputy Governorship positions.
INEC said it got to the conclusion based on the stipulations in Section 179 and subsection 2 of the 1999 constitution. It said the PDP satisfied the requirements which included spread to be declared winner of the election. The Commission also said that the PDP won the three Senatorial election just as it won all seven slots for the House of Representatives.
