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Dino Melaye, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in Kogi west senatorial election, has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to postpone the supplementary poll scheduled for Saturday.<\/p>\n

The lawmaker said this while speaking with journalists at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headquarters in Abuja<\/p>\n

According to Melaye, the poll should be postponed until \u201cinfractions\u201d in the November 16 election are resolved.<\/p>\n

INEC had declared the rerun between Melaye and Smart Adeyemi of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as inconclusive, fixing November 30th as new Election Day.<\/p>\n

Melaye said, \u201cWhat is new in what we have submitted today is that we have attached a copy of form EC8B of ward A in Lokoja Local Government area, where INEC, during collation, had cancelled results of nine out of 23 polling units in the LGA. \u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we are saying is; how can INEC cancel these polling units during collation process and they will not be captured in places where rerun will take place?<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe this is an aberration, and the INEC chairman cannot know about it and allow it to stay.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Melaye also has alleged that INEC has refused to act up the irregularities in some other places during the rerun election.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, results were returned in those places,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are saying that INEC must be neutral and cancel elections in areas where there were violence.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to say that with all these fractions put together, INEC must, as a matter of transparency and national interest, postpone the Saturday supplementary election.\u201d<\/p>\n

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