A coalition of civil society organizations says the collation of election results at the recently held governorship elections in Edo state was the major weak link of the Independent National Electoral Commission at the poll.

The civil society groups under the aegis of Civil Society Situation Room (Situation Room), in assessing the conduct of the election, said, although voting ended early and the process ‘largely peaceful and devoid of any major acts of violence,’ the collation process was very slow and had to be suspended late in the evening, resuming the next morning.

According to the Civil Society Situation Room, with the interval created by suspension of collation by INEC, there was no way of confirming or verifying the integrity of election materials, ballots and results.

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