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The Chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission , Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has admitted that the commission made errors during the Edo State governorship election. He assured Nigerians that these mistakes would not be repeated in the upcoming Ondo State governorship election scheduled for November 16.The INEC boss made the remarks during a visit to the INEC state headquarters in Akure, the capital of Ondo State, on Monday.Prof.
'My assurance to voters in Ondo State is that they are going to see fast improvement in these two processes,' he added.Recall that the Edo State election in September saw Senator Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress being declared the winner polling a total of 291,667 votes. He defeated Asue Ighodalo of the People’s Democratic Party , who garnered 247,274 votes, and Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party, who came in third with 22,763 votes.
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