The Independent National Electoral Commission
has said that despite the extension of Saturday’s
elections till Sunday in some parts of the
country, the results of the presidential poll will
be declared on Monday(today).
INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, gave the
assurance as some of results from wards, local
government areas and states continued to
emerge on Sunday.
For instance, results from Osun and Ogun states
showed the All Progressives Congress
Presidential candidate, Maj.Gen. Muhammadu
Buhari, defeating President Goodluck Jonathan.
But in Ekiti State, Jonathan had an easy ride as
he beat the APC candidate.
Jega, who gave journalists an update on the
conduct of the polls in Abuja, said that as of
Sunday evening, results of the elections had only
been completely collated in two states, one of
which was Ekiti.
He said, “Some people assume that when I said
48 hours( for the release of the results), it starts
from the morning the elections commenced. It is
48 hours after elections have ended, like
yesterday(Saturday).
“You start counting 48 hours from yesterday
(Saturday) when substantial majority of the
polling units ended elections.”
The INEC chief expressed satisfaction over the
conduct of the polls, which he said held in a
substantial number of polling units across the
country, including the troubled North-East zone
where internally displaced persons voted in
Adamawa, Yobe and Borno states.
“We are pleased that the elections went on
smoothly in a substantial number of polling units
across the country, including the North-East
where the commission was also able to conduct
voting for Internally Displaced Persons in the
three states of Adamawa, Yobe and Borno,” Jega
said.
He said that out of more than 150,000 card
readers used for the conduct of the polls , only
300 failed, representing about 0.25 per cent of
the total number of machines.
“It is also gratifying to note that the card readers
worked well in the majority of polling units, even
though there were areas where difficulties
experienced necessitated additional guidelines to
allow for manual accreditation of voters, as
announced yesterday (Saturday),” Jega said.
He stated that manual accreditation was done in
some polling units in Osun, Kebbi, Ekiti,
Adamawa, Borno, Jigawa, Anambra, Akwa Ibom
and Ebonyi states.”
Jega said the elections were extended and
concluded on Sunday in nine states and the
Federal Capital Territory.
Taraba State has the highest number of 116
polling units where the polls were extended.
Other states where the number of polling units
where the elections were extended are Lagos
(90), Kebbi (16), Adamawa (25), Niger (six ),
Yobe (37), Borno (eight), Jigawa (37), Kano (13)
and FCT (two).
He also rejected the claim by the spokesman for
the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation,
Femi Fani-Kayode, that his party had won in
certain number of states.
Jega, who said Fani-Kayode should be asked the
source of his figures, stated that as of the time
he was addressing the journalists on Sunday
evening, collation had only been concluded in
two states. He said that the results from the two
had yet to arrive Abuja in the manner that it
could be announced.
The chairman said, “You said somebody in one
of the parties said the PDP is winning in 23
states. I don’t know the sources of his
information. I know result have not been collated
in 23 states.
“May be you should direct the questions to him
and let him explain.”
He advised journalists “to be careful about
reporting this kind of information that is being
put out there by people who are clearly
partisan.”
He also debunked speculation that he was under
pressure to declare results of the presidential
election inconclusive.
“We are not under any pressure to declare
inconclusive elections. In fact, I wonder who will
be interested in declaring the election
inconclusive. I think candidates will be interested
in being declared winners and not to have the
election declared inconclusive,” Jega said.
The INEC boss said his office had on Sunday
morning received petitions from the APC in
Rivers State calling for outright cancellation of
the elections in the state.
He assured the petitioners that the commission
would consider all the complaints, including the
allegation of presence of some underage voters
and substitution of some members of the
commission’s ad hoc staff with untrained
partisan persons in Rivers and Lagos states.
However, results from Osun State showed that
Buhari recorded victory in 22 out of the 24 Local
Government Areas so far announced by the state
INEC. He had 264,734 votes.
Jonathan,who won the remaining LGAs – Ife
Central and Ife East – scored 192,288 votes.
The results were announced in Osogbo by the
returning officers for each of the LGAs on
Sunday.
Also in Ogun State, the APC presidential
candidate defeated Jonathan in 13 out of the 20
LGAs whose results were announced by INEC.
He polled 308, 290 votes while Jonathan scored
207,950 votes.
The APC candidate for the Ogun Central
Senatorial District, Lanre Tejuoso, defeated
PDP’s Abisola Sodipo-Clark, the wife of an Ijaw
national leader, Edwin Clark.
Tejuoso scored 115, 197 votes while Sodipo-
Clark had 30,036 votes. The sitting senator for
Ogun Central and Social Democratic Party’s
candidate, Olugbenga Obadara, got 15,124 votes.
Jonathan, however, had it easy in Ekiti State
where he polled 176,466 votes from 16 councils
in the state. Buhari garnered 120,331 votes.
The result was announced by the state Returning
Officer, Prof. Adebiyi Daramola, to party officials
on Sunday.
It was also a sweet victory for the PDP as it
won all the three senatorial and six House of
Representatives seats in the state.
Impliedly, by implication two of the APC senators
– Anthony Adeniyi and Olubunmi Adetumbi –
who contested the poll will not join their
colleagues in the eight National Assembly.
Gbenga Olofin, the third APC candidate for Ekiti
Central was defeated by Fatimat Raji-Rasaki,
wife of a former Lagos State military
administrator, Brig.-Gen. Raji Rasaki of the PDP.
Those elected for the House of Representatives
seats are Kehinde Agboola, Ayotunde Oladimeji,
Thaddeus Aina, Olamide Oni, Akin Awodumila and
Segun Adekola.
In Kogi State, Buhari was leading by polling
108,817 votes from six LGAs as against
Jonathan’s 84,555 in five LGAs.
The APC candidate also won in Dekina, the LGA
of Governor Idris Wada with 18, 819 votes to
Jonathan’s 13,885 votes. He also won in Amadu
Alli’s LGA of Idah with 10,445 votes to
Jonathan’s 6,113.
But there was a mild tension in parts of Imo
State on Sunday as armed officials of the
Department of State Services, the Police and the
Army barred journalists from collation centres in
the state.
At the collation centre in Owerri Municipal
Council Secretariat, journalists were turned back
from the gate by stern looking security
operatives who asked them to go back and wait
until the results were announced.
All efforts to reach the Resident Electoral
Commissioner, George Ada, were abortive as his
telephone was switched off.
www.punchng.com/news/president-elect-to-emerge-today-jega/

Ok

Ok.....

Nice one....let's know who the Crown fit

GMB en route to aso rock, Sai buhari

Pls we are waiting oga Jega to celebrate.

1000 likes if you know GMB is going back to ASO ROCK

500likes to support GEJ's transportation back to.....you-know-where

Today is sacrosanct
Likes for GMB and Shares for GEJ

D topic shud b JONATHAN to be declared winner today. GEL till 2019

The coast is clear for J boy ...e go do APC voooom for eye ...Congrats in advance my able presido..

Jeezyy:
500likes to support GEJ's transportation back to.....you-know-where

MCHEEW

I can smell victory 4 APC.We are winning.

Apc sorry in advance....GEJ till buhari goes to youth service

We are almost tired of waiting sir

Yeah. It is formally 48 hours after the election.


APC...congrats!!!

If at all there's anything to remember Gej for,it is that he was a true democrat.The only nigerian president that allowed himself to be voted out. We love u sir but otuoke loves u more.BYE!

Jega, abeg do quick ooo, Ahnahn.....how long will it take u...mtschew. Still on my mango tree, watching u oooo even though my popcorn has almost finished....wey my coke

SAI BABA

OGA JEGA HOW MARKET NA
Patiently waiting for you o bros to declare BUHARI/OSINBAJO as president and vice president elect
Meanwhile I get enough popcorn to keep me awake eyes wide open ears wide open and mouth busy munching pop corn


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All dis my friends smelling victory here and ther I hope u all are getting the right scent. Lemme get ready for work.

softapple:
D topic shud b JONATHAN to be declared winner today. GEL till 2019

Why do you call him GEL instead of GEJ.

Pebcak:
SAI BABA

OGA JEGA HOW MARKET NA
Patiently waiting for you o bros to declare BUHARI/OSINBAJO as president and vice president elect
Meanwhile I get enough popcorn to keep me awake eyes wide open ears wide open and mouth busy munching pop corn


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Your pop corn remain? I get groundnut.

Buhari by God's Grace

ishiamu:



Why do you call him GEL instead of GEJ.

ok its a typing error, anyways GEJ till 2019

This particular election sweet die! Doctors will make enough money today!

Pls dont ask how

Story for the gods

If it is not GEJ then the results are fake and unacceptable.

Just go straight to the point mr. Inec and say it;
Buhari will be officially announced as the President elect today.

#Peace

waiting too

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