Senate seat: David Mark knows fate February 13 .

Senate seat: David Mark knows fate February 13
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The rerun was fixed by INEC after a Court of Appeal,
sitting in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, nullified
the election of Mark, the candidate of the Peoples
Democratic Party in the election that took place on
March 28
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The Independent National Electoral Commission has
scheduled the Benue South Senatorial District re-run
election for February 13, 2016.
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Benue South Senatorial District is made up of nine
Local Government Areas, 102 Registration Areas,
1,016 Polling Units and a total of 1,174 Voting Points.
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The battle is a straight one between a former
President of the Senate, David Mark, and Daniel
Onjeh.
The rerun was fixed by INEC after a Court of Appeal,
sitting in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, nullified
the election of Mark, the candidate of the Peoples
Democratic Party in the election that took place on
March 28.
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This was based on a petition by Onjeh, the candidate
of the All Progressives Congress.
INEC said on Friday that it will deploy 4,931 staff to
conduct the election.
The breakdown of staff to be deployed is as follows:
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102 Supervising Presiding Officers; 1,016 Presiding
Officers; and 3,522 Assistant Presiding Officers (I, II,
III).
Others are 1,174 Assistant Presiding Officers and 235
Reserve Assistant Presiding Officers.
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Mark has said he would crush Onjeh in the election.
Mark said in a statement by his spokesman: “I won
the election clean and clear. If we go back to the polls
100 times, I will still win convincingly.
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“Whatever the situation may be, one thing I know is
that my people are solidly behind me. They also
appreciate the fact that I have done more than
enough to lift up Idoma nation to a position of
eminence in the contemporary political history of
Nigeria.”