Says no cancellation of results in FCT
Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has denied the cancellation of
election results in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, or any part of the
country.
The Commission also revealed that it has handed over one of its Electoral
Officers, EOs, to the police over electoral infractions.
Chairman of
INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made this known while addressing a press conference
on Sunday, where he gave an appraisal of yesterday’s elections.
He added that the electoral body was closely monitoring the situation in Rivers
state, stating that the commission was aware of electoral violence; hostage
taking that marred the elections in some part of the country.
Yakubu stated that; “No election result have been cancelled in FCT or any part
of the country.
“In IMO, one of our EOs has already been handed over to the police,” he added,
but when asked to give details, the chairman stressed, “Investigation is
ongoing but it relates to infractions.”
The chairman also revealed that the collation of presidential result in Ekiti
state has been concluded and the Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state
was already on his way to Abuja.
Yakubu noted that collation of presidential results are already ongoing in the
Local Government Areas across the country
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