The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for Ado/Opoku/Ogbadibo Federal Constituency in Benue State, Christian Adabah Abah, as winner of the February 2015 general elections.
According to the commission, Abah was declared winner of an election which was yet to hold because he is the sole candidate seeking election into the House of Representative from the constituency.
Abah’s election was approved in a Decision Extract signed by the Director (Commission’s Secretariat), Ishiaku Gali, where the election was declared as being uncontested.
“Section 41 (1) of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) provides that: If after expiration of time for delivering of nomination papers, withdrawal of candidates and the extension of time as provided for in this Act, there is only one person whose name is validly nominated in respect of an election, other than to the office of the President or Governor, that person shall be declared elected,” the commission noted.
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