BREAKING NEWS FROM EDO STATE GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION
Benin – Mr Sam Olumekun, The Resident Electoral Commissioner
for Edo state, has said collation of results for the governorship election in
the state would commence on Thursday.
He made the declaration in Benin on Wednesday after a
closed-door meeting with a National Commissioner and two Resident Electoral
Commissioners at 11.30 p.m.
Olumekun,, however, did not give reasons for the shift in
date for the exercise.
His decision to postpone the collation till Thursday could
be traced to the late arrival of results from the 18 local government areas of
the state.
It will be recall that security was tightening up while
movement to the area had been restricted to only accredited officers and staff.
At the INEC office, party agents, Journalists and election
observers were seen waiting for the commencement of collation of results from
the local government areas.
A source close to the commission who pleaded on anonymity said
that those waiting for the collation had the option to wait or come back on
Thursday for the exercise.
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