The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has said, this evening, it will begin the announcement of results of Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections.
INEC said, in Ekiti, the process had ended and the State Collation Officer was already on his way to Abuja.
Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, revealed this recently in Abuja as he updated Nigerians on the conduct of the elections.
His words, “Meanwhile, collation of results from yesterday’s elections continue nationwide. Almost all the states have concluded RA Collation and are now collating results at the LGA level. Some have commenced state level collation. We expect the state collation officers for the Presidential elections to start arriving at the National Collation Centre later today and early morning tomorrow. Accordingly, the National Collation Centre will be officially declared open today at 6pm.
Collation will commence as soon as the results arrive from the states. On this note, I wish to state that Ekiti state has already concluded the process. The state collation officer for the Presidential election is, as we speak, on his way to Abuja with the result of the Presidential election for Ekiti.”
He mentioned that even if the commission was pleased with the way the citizens conducted themselves during the exercise, it was sad to note the killing of one of its ad hoc staff in Rivers by political thugs.
He said, “While in all these attacks, electoral staff sustained injuries, we have unfortunately recorded the first fatality in Rivers state. An ad hoc staff, Mrs Ibiseki Amachree was hit by a bullet while returning from election duty in Degema. May her soul rest in peace. We condemn this attack and have lodged a comprehensive report with security agencies for expeditious investigation and prosecution of those involved.”
Mahmood Yakubu also disclosed that one of its Electoral Officers in Imo has been handed over to the Police for election duty infractions.
“All election duty personnel have sworn to an oath of neutrality. We have reports of possible dereliction of duty by some electoral officials. They refused to activate or deploy the smart card readers. The failure to fully account for materials for the elections, absconding from duty and a host of other infractions. In Imo state, one of our Electoral Officers had already been handed over to the Police. We will not tolerate violations against, or by our own officials”,
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