The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has postponed the compilation of the presidential election results for 2023 until 6 p.m. on Sunday.
The presidential election in 2023 has been a close race between the APC’s Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Peoples Democratic Party’s Atiku Abubakar, and Peter Obi of the Labour Party.
The election was scheduled to end at every polling location where the electoral umpire had extended the process for various reasons.
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The results should also have been declared at polling units, wards, and local government regions.
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, had, yesterday declared that collation would commence at midday on Sunday.
Nevertheless, in a press conference to announce the collation open, Yakubu stated that it would begin at 6 p.m. on Sunday.
Until then, it is likely that unverified results would circulate on social media.
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