INEC to resume collation of Abia, Enugu governorship election results, Wednesday
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that the suspended collation of results from last Saturday, March 18 governorship and state Assembly elections in Abia will resume, Wednesday, in the state.
Speaking, Tuesday, Head of Voter Education and Publicity, Mrs. Rebecca Jim, said the suspended exercise will resume in the state, Wednesday.
It would be recalled that the Abia governorship election results collation was suspended in the controversial Obingwa local government area following alleged attacked by thugs loyal to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, with the opposition Labour Party clearly in the lead.
Similarly, results from Nkanu East and Nsukka local government areas of Enugu State were also suspended for further review.
The suspension prompted tension in the affected states as allegations of collusion between INEC and ruling PDP became rife and gained credibility.
INEC National Commissioner, Festus Okoye, the Commission had Monday, announced the suspension of collation of results in Obingwa LGA of the state where he noted that the commission’s office was invaded by thugs, on Sunday.
Okoye explained further that the electoral body took the decision after a meeting to review the elections.
However, providing an update, Mrs Jim, said that the Presiding Officer and Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology Owerri, FUTO, Professor Nnenna Oti and the State Administrative Secretary, Clement Oha, who were invited to the INEC headquarters Abuja, over the controversy from the Obingwa results, were already on their way back to the state, to complete the collation process.
The collation of the Abia State governorship election will resume by 4:00 pm today (Wednesday) at the Collation Centre located inside the premises of INEC, in Umuahia, the state capital, according to Jim.
Meanwhile, for Enugu, INEC has stated that the suspended collation of results for the governorship election conducted in Enugu State, last Saturday will resume at 5pm, Wednesday
According to INEC National Commissioner, Festus Okoye, results from Nkanu East and Nsukka LGAs in Enugu State were suspended for further review.
PDP’s Peter Mbah and Labour Party’s Chijioke Edeoga are locked in a tight race to emerge the governor-elect of the state.
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