Nigeria, March 11 -- The Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, on Monday rejected the verdict of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday's governorship election in the state.

The governor also said he would seek legal redress over the yet to be concluded election.

PREMIUM TIMES reported how the governorship election in the state was declared inconclusive Monday morning.

The returning officer, Fatima Mukhtar, said the margin of win was lower than the number of rejected votes and thus the election was declared inconclusive.

In the results declared by INEC, Mr Tambuwal was leading his closest rival, Ahmed Aliyu of the All Progressives Congress, with a slim margin of 3,413 votes.

Speaking at a press conference M...