The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared Kogi West Senatorial District election as inconclusive.
The Returning Officer, Prof. Olayinde Lawal declared the poll inconclusive late on Sunday evening.
Lawal announced that Senator Smart Adeyemi of the All Progressives Congress scored a total of 80,118 votes while the Peoples Democratic Party Senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Dino Melaye, scored 59,548 votes.
According to him, the margin between the candidate of the APC Melaye is 20,570.
Lawal explained that the total margin between both candidates was lower than the 43,127 registered voters in 53 polling units of 20 registration areas in the zone where elections were canceled.
The returning officer, who declared the election inconclusive said he decided not to declare a winner because of the slim margin between the two leading candidates