About 48 hours after Nigerians voted in the presidential election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will today commence the final announcement the results.
Millions of Nigerians on Saturday went to the polls to elect a president who will lead Africa’s most populous country for the next four years.
The voters also elected federal lawmakers who will represent them at the National Assembly for the next four years.
There are 73 presidential candidates on the ballot, but the contest is between incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari of the APC and Atiku Abubakar of the PDP.
The INEC chairman, Mahmoud Yakubu, on Sunday opened the final result coalition centre. He, however, announced the postponement of the announcement of results to Monday.
The chief collation officers from the 36 states and Abuja are expected to present their state’s results in Abuja.
Already, some of the results have been announced in states across Nigeria.
According to the electoral commission, INEC, a total of 72.8 million (72,775,585) are eligible to vote in the elections having collected their permanent voters’ cards (PVCs).
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Officially Announced By INEC: Ekiti And Osun States Presidential Election Results
•Ekiti State
APC—219,231
PDP—154,032
•Osun State
APC—347,634
PDP—337,377
INEC adjourns collation to 2:30pm after results from Osun, Ekiti States
Nasarawa State
State collation officer, Azubike Nwakor, academy provost of the Nigeria Defence Academy (NDA).
Registered voters – 1,509,481
Accredited voters- 614,720
APC- 289,903
PDP- 283,847
Valid votes- 580,778
Rejected vote- 18621
Total- 599,399
Cancelled votes in 86 polling units across 7 local government giving a total of 157,591.
He gave over voting and interference by thugs as reasons for cancellation.
FCT
The result of the presidential election from the Federal Capital Territory as announced by the Returning Officer at the centre in Abuja.
Result:
APC: 152, 224
PDP: 259,997
AAC: 583
ADP: 145
Kwara
Registered voters- 1,401,895
Accredited voters- 489,482
APC- 308,984
PDP- 138,184
Valid- 459,676
Rejected- 26,578
Total vote cast- 486, 254
Cancelled vote; in Baruten LGA- 779, Edu LGA-725, and illorin West- 1,838 giving a total of 3,342.
He said in Baruten it was due to none usage of the smart card reader while Edu and ilorin west was due to over voting.
