The Independent National Electoral Commission said on Tuesday it canceled a total of 146,555 votes from Plateau State in Saturday’s presidential election over failure to adhere to electoral guidelines.
Prof. Richard Anande, the state’s Collation Officer, made the disclosure while giving a breakdown of election results from the state’s 17 local governments at the INEC National Collation Centre in Abuja.
Anande, Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture, Markudi, said of the figure, 92,000 were from Tudun-Wada/Kabong Federal Ward, in Jos North Local Government Area of the state.
He said the North Central state had a registered voting population of 2,423,381, with 1,074,042 voters accredited for the presidential poll.
According to him, 1,062,862 votes were cast, with a total of 1,034,853 recorded as valid votes, while, 28,009 votes were rejected across the 17 local governments.
On the scores, he said the Peoples Democratic Party garnered 548,665 votes, while the All Progressives Congress and the African Democratic Congress got 468,555 and 590 votes respectively.
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