TheIndependent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Thursday in Kaduna saidsteep competition among leading political parties in the country was largelyresponsible for the inconclusive elections recorded in 2019. INEC’sNational Commissioner for North Central Zone,Antonia Simbine,stated this whilepresenting Certificate of Return to Governor Nasiru El-Rufai of Kaduna State onThursday in Kaduna. Simbinesaid that while the nation’s internal democracy was deepening after sixsuccessive elections, the system was being faced by many other emergingrealities. She,however, expressed concern over the lack of internal democracy among theleading political parties in the country and called for a reverse to allow forpeace and harmony within the parties. According to her, the Commission views thistrend with grave concerns and will continue to work on greater voterenlightenment for mandate protection as well as with the security agencies tocurtail the ugly trend