US commends INEC for ordering Osun rerun election
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the deputy chief of mission united states embassy in nigeria mr david young on wednesday commended the independent national electoral commission inec for the decision to conduct rerun election in osun saying it would enhance democracy1 young made the remarks at an interactive session with newsmen after he inaugurated magvoile vocational centre in kaduna1 the deputy chief stated that the rerun would ensure that voters at the remaining seven polling units who were not able to vote on saturday cast their votes1 certainly the decision of inec to go ahead and have a rerun in seven polling unit is one that we respect given the fact that there was only 355 vote margin between the two candidates1 certainly this is a decision that make sense we want to say that its important for democracy that every person vote is secret and counted as we go forward with the vote tomorrow he stressed1 young who commended the people of osun over last saturdays peaceful election urged them to ensure same in the upcoming re-run1 he also urged contestants to accept the outcome of the election without rancour in accordance with democratic norms1 we want to urge the victor to be magnanimous in victory and whoever loses to be gracious in defeat this is part of democracy he said1