Osun rerun polls: PDP, APC in crunch battle for 3498 votes
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although yussuff is an apc member but sources claim he has not been in good terms with the state governor1 ahead of sept. 27 osun rerun governorship election the peoples democratic party pdp and all progressives congressapc have started house to-house- campaign to woo voters1 nan reports that the seven affected polling units have 3498 votes which will eventually determine the winner of the election on thursday1 in orolu local government rerun election will be conducted in three polling units with about 947 votes expected1 during the sept. 22 election apc polled 5442 while pdp polled 7776 in the local government1 in osogbo rerun election will take place in one unit with 884 votes expected1 apc polled 23379 while pdp polled 14499 in saturdays election in osogbo local government1 also in ife north election will take place in one unit with 353 votes expected and one unit in ife south with 1 314 votes outstanding1 in ife north apc scored 6527 and pdp 5486 while in ife south apc had 7223 and pdp 4 8721 in orolu local government which is the stronghold of mr lasun yussuff the deputy speaker house of representatives it was gathered that apc members want to pacify the deputy speaker to support the party to sweep the votes1 the news agency of nigeria nan reports that members of both parties have started canvassing for votes in osogbo orolu ife north and ife south were the re-run will be taking place1 he was one of the 17 aspirants that contested the partys primary on july 20 but came second with 21 votes1 the pdp it was gathered was also looking for a way to talk to the deputy speaker to support them1 although osogbo was considered to be the stronghold of apc but with the number of votes polled by pdp during saturdays election both parties have dug in working tirelessly to woo voters1 in ife north and south which are strongholds of sen. iyiola omisore the candidate of social democratic party sdp in the election it was gathered both pdp and apc have started negotiations with him1 nan reports that the election was declared inconclusive and a re-run ordered because the number of cancelled votes was higher than the margin between the two top candidates1 the pdp candidate ademola adeleke led the race with 254698 votes 353 votes more than his closest rival gboyega oyetola of the apc1 the margin was however less than the 3498 votes in the polling units where voting was cancelled1 consequently inec returning officer for the election prof. joseph afuwape declared the poll inconclusive and ordered a re-run1 unfortunately as the returning officer it is not possible to declare any party as the clear winner of this election at the first ballot afuwape said1