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(b) one among the remaining candidates who secured a majority of votes in the highest number of local government areas in the State, so however that where there are more than one candidate with a majority of votes in the highest number of local government areas, the candidate among them with the next highest total of votes cast at the election shall be the second candidate. [Section 179 (4) and (4) In default of a candidate duly elected under subsection (2) of (5) are altered by this section, the Independent National Electoral Commission shall Constitution of the within twenty-one days of the result of the election held under that Federal Republic of subsection, arrange for an election between the two candidates Nigeria, 1999 (Fourth Alteration No.9) Act and a candidate at such election shall be deemed to have been 2017] duly elected to the office of Governor of a State if - (a) he has a majority of the votes cast at the election; and (b) he has not less than one-quarter of the votes cast at the election in each of at least two-thirds of all the local government areas in the State. (5) In default of a candidate duly elected under subsection (4) of this section, the Independent National Electoral Commission shall within twenty-one days of the result of the election held under that subsection, arrange for another election between the two candidates to which that sub-paragraph relates and a candidate at such election shall be deemed to have been duly elected to the office of Governor of a State if he has a majority of the votes cast at the election. 180. Tenure of office of Governor (1) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, a person shall hold the office of Governor of a State until - (a) when his successor in office takes the oath of that office; or (b) he dies whilst holding such office; or (c) the date when his resignation from office takes effect; or 124 The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Updated with the First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Alterations