Live updates: INEC begins official declaration of presidential election results
As anxiety continues around Nigeria over the outcome of the presidential election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday, February 23, the electoral umpire is fully prepared for the results.
The chairman of INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, the spokesperson of the APC presidential campaign council, Festus Keyamo, and the comptroller-general of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) reportedly arrived the collation centre minutes ago for the commencement of the announcement of results.
The election was peaceful across the nation except in Bayelsa, Rivers, Lagos and pocket of other areas where violence marred the exercise with some Nigerians killed and some others arrested for electoral offences which included burning of electoral materials.
Shortly after conveying at the national collation centre, INEC chairman Yakubu declared collation centre open and set ground rule for all parties and interested individuals present.
Afterwards, key commission officers present at the high table were all introduced.
Party members agents also introduced themselves. The Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service, Hameed Ali introduced himself as the agent for the APC.
Shortly after the introductions, INEC chairman Yakubu adjourned collation to Monday, February 25.
Mahmood said: "During the course of the proceedings there may be interludes and adjournments. This is to hereby announce the adjournment of this proceedings to 11 am on Monday, February 25. Thank you and God bless."
Collation commences at 11am today, Monday, February 25. Follow our live updates here as we bring to you accurate official results from the national collation centre.
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INEC CHAIRMAN ADJOURNS
The chairman of INEC adjourns collation to 10am on Tuesday, February 26 after he was told the results for Plateau state would take some more minutes to be ready. The collation will begin with Plateau state result and probably all the remaining states, Mahmood said.
RESULTS COLLATION: EBONYI
Professor Francis Eze, vice chancellor of Federal University of Technology Owerri, introduces himself as the collation officer for Ebonyi state.
Total number of registered voters: 1,392,931
Total number of accredited voters: 391,747
A 23
AA 27
AAC 205
ACPN 57
ADC 213
ADP 102
ANN: 683
ANRP: 47
APA: 290
APC: 90,726
APGA 222
AUN: 17
CNB: 35
DA: 35
DPP: 175
FRESH: 54
LM: 28
LP: 96
MAJA: 42
NCP 55
PCP: 1,637
PDP: 258,573
SDP: 452
WTPN: 16
YES: 24
Total number of valid votes: 359,131
Total number of rejected voters: 20,263
Total votes cast 379,394
Total number of votes cast: 379,394
Professor Eze said there were cancellation of votes in some polling units in Ebonyi due to over voting because these units failed to use the smart card readers.
He said a total 62 polling units were affected and 54,668 votes were cancelled.
COMPLAINT FROM PARTY AGENT
Noah Abiodun of the PPA, says there are voters not accounted for in all the states. He says in Abia, 17,090 not accounted. He also notes that in Nasarawa, over 14,000 voters remain unaccounted for.He argues that the voters not accounted for could have made a great difference. INEC chairman says this would be looked into before the process is concluded.
RESULTS COLLATION: ENUGU
Joseph Ahanekwu, the vice chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, introduces himself as the collation officer for Enugu state.
Total number of LGAs: 17
Total number of registered voters: 1,935,168
456745
A 45
AA 31
AAP 109
ACPN 80
ADC 348
ADP 137
AGAP: 79
ANDP: 27
ANN: 141
ANP: 24
ANRP: 14
APA: 422
APC: 54,423
DPP: 360
FRESH: 63
LP: 27
MAJA: 22
MMN: 48
PCP: 2,337
PDP: 355,553
PPA: 373
SDP: 130
UDP: 43
UPN: 22
WTPN: 10
YES: 11
Total number of valid votes: 421,014
Total number of rejected votes: 30,049
Total number of votes cast: 451,063
Total number of cancelled votes : 2,910 from four polling units.
INEC RESUMES ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULT ONE HOUR LATER
INEC chairman, Yakubu Mahmood walks in at 11.17 pm - an hour 17 minutes later than the scheduled time
RESULTS COLLATION: SITTING ADJOURNED AGAIN
INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, has announced a 40-minute break again. He says the sitting would resume by 10pm for the announcement of the results from Enugu and Ebonyi.
RESULTS COLLATION: YOBE STATE
Yobe returning officer, Professor Abubakar Musa, the vice chancellor of Federal University Wukari Taraba state, takes the stage.
A 102
AA 41
AAC 137
AAP 147
ADP 107
APA 1023
APC 497,914
APP 63
FRESH 213
GPN: 84
JMPP: 30
LP : 28
NPC: 311
PCP: 2,107
PDP: 50,763
SDP 180
Total number of valid votes: 559,365
Total number of votes cast: 586,137
RESULTS COLLATION: ABIA STATE
Abia returning officer, Chinedum, the Vice chancellor of Alex Ekwueme University begin me his presentation. Total number of registered voters: 1,793,861. Total number of accredited voters: 361,561
AAC 212
AAP 251
ANP 68
ANRP 61
APA 501
APC 85,058
APDA 565
APGA 9638
FRESH 47
BNPP: 23
CC: 18
DA: 40
LP: 92
MAJA: 15
MMN: 85
NIP: 25
NPC 180
PCP: 1,489
PDP: 219,698
PPA: 195
SDP: 472
WTPN: 1
YES: 13
Total number of valid votes: 323,291
The collation officer said results from 59825 were affected by cancellation of results in 98 polling units.
INEC resumes
Kayode Shoremekun, the collation officer for the controversial Ondo is re-invited as proceedings and collation of the 2019 presidential election result resumes.
Total number of registered voters: 1,812,567
Total number of accredited voters: 598,586
A 507
AA 4,349
AAC 4,414
ACPN 414
ADC 6296
ADP 1005
AGA 94
ANDP: 101
ANN: 311
APC 241,769
APDA 588
BNPP: 290
CAP: 51
CC: 135
Finally, the returning officer for Ondo state crosses the spot where he got stuck in his previous presentation.
He also receives an applause from the audience
GDPN: 525
JMPP: 44
LM: 51
LP: 1,437
MAJA: 74
MMN: 465
MPN: 128
NCP 133
PCP: 4,829
PDP: 275,901
PPA: 588
PT: 116
SDP: 1,618
UDP: 96
Total valid votes : 555,994
Total number of rejected votes: 30,883
Total votes cast: 586,827
COLLATION OF RESULTS: INEC CHAIRMAN ADJOURNS AGAIN
After the presentation from Gombe state, the INEC chairman grants Ondo collation officer 20 minutes to continue with reconciliation of the state's result.
He further adjourned the collation exercise to 8pm.
RESULTS COLLATION: GOMBE STATE
Gombe collation officer comes on the stage. He is the vice chancellor of Moddibo Adama University of Technology. He announces that the total number of registered voters is 1,385,191. Total number of accredited voters - 604,240
A 73
AA 52
AAP 157
ACPN 732
ADC 248
ADP 135
ANN 78
ANP 59
ANRP 116
APA 925
APC 402,961
APM 54
FRESH 145
FJP 168
GDPN 1392
LP 41
NCP 69
NUP 166
PCP: 1,679
PDP: 138,484
PPA: 407
PPN: 125
SDP 248
Total valid votes: 554,203
Total votes cast: 580,649
Total number of rejected votes: 26,446.
He said there were problems in 13 polling units because of difficulty in distributing materials to these units. He also said that this difficulty led to total cancellation of 7,090 votes in the Gombe state.
RESULTS COLLATION: KOGI STATE
Mahmood Yakubu further called on the secretariat to make provision for ruler and light. However, the collation officer was later asked to step down to reconcile his result after he continued with the mistake.
Immediately He stepped down, vice chancellor of the University of Abuja, Professor Michael Umale Adikwu, was called to present the collated results from Kogi state.
Atiku announced that Kogi with a total of 21 LGAs had 1,640,449 registered voters and 570,773 accredited voters
A 328
AA 83
AAC 250
AAP 134
APP 64
ACPN 204
ADC 4369
ADP 499
AGA 68
ANN 89
APC 285,894
APDA 480
DDP 250
FRESH 59
FJP 47
LP 68
JMPP: 33
MAJA: 40
MMN: 311
NCP 32
PDP: 218,207
PPA 436
SDP 2,226
YES 17
Total valid votes Total valid votes: 521,016
Rejected votes 32480
Total votes cast 553,496
Osita Chidoka, the agent of the PDP, raises some observations concerning violence in Kogi state. He also said a list of areas where the card reader did not work had been forwarded.
RESULTS COLLATION: ONDO STATE
Mahmood calls on Ondo collation officer.
Ondo with 18 Local government areas had 1,812,567 registered voters
A - 45
AAC 4414
AAP 564
ADC - 6,296
ACPN 414
ADC 6206
ADP 1005
ANDP 101
ANP 100
ANRP 124
APA 717
APC 241,769
APDA 588
APGA 90
BNPP 290
Confusion at national collation centre as the collation officer for Ondo mixes up number of votes gathered by two political parties - CAP and CC. Following series of mix up o the number of votes, the national chairman asks that the collation officer and his colleague step aside to reconcile their results. Mahmood Yakubu asks the REC and collation officer to go and reconcile the figures and be re-invited.
INEC resumes
INEC resumes announcement of results.
INEC chairman announces a short break
The INEC chairman announced a 30-minute break for the collation secretariat to get Ondo and Kogi states result ready.
"Gentlemen and ladies we will reconvene at 5pm," he said.
RESULTS COLLATION: Nasarawa state
The INEC chairman announced that the next state for collation is Nasarawa state
A party agent raised an observation that there is a wide margin in FCT number accredited voters and number of votes, rejected and cancelled.
According to the party agent, the excesses should be seen either in valid, rejected or cancelled as accreditation and voting were done simultaneously.
The INEC chairman agreed that this would be looked into.
Professor Mahmood for called on Professor Azubuike Sunny Nwankwo, the Academic Provost of Nigerian Defence Academy who is the collation officer for Nasarawa state.
Total number of local government areas in Nasarawa state: 13
Total number of registered voters - 1,509,481
Total number of accredited voters - 613,720
AAC - 75
AGAP - 49
ANDP - 12
ANN - 45
ANP - 10
ANRP - 37
APA - 338
APC - 289,903
APP - 20
CNP - 9
DA - 17
DPC - 28
DPP - 133
FRESH - 16
HDP - 3
ID - 13
JMPP - 9
LP - 67
MAJA - 7
MMN - 128
NCP - 47
NDLP - 2
PCP - 1,868
PDP - 283,847
PT - 19
RAP - 17
RP - 8
SDP - 359
UDP - 9
UP - 2
UPN - 8
YES - 1
YPP - 44
Total valid votes - 580,778
Rejected votes - 18,621
Total votes cast - 599,399
NOTE: "There were seven LGA with problems in 86 polling units," the collation officer said.
Source: UGC
Source: UGC
A short of the summary of 86 polling units from seven local government areas with cancelled results in Nasarawa state:
Source: UGC
RESULTS COLLATION: Kwara state
The INEC chairman called on the vice chancellor of Federal university of Technology Minna, Abdullahi Bala for Kwara state's presidential election results
ACD - 151
ADP - 203
AGAP - 34
ANN - 422
APC - 308,984
AUN - 19
BNPP - 17
CAP - 15
CNP - 18
DPC - 88
DPP - 176
FRESH - 107
HDP - 52
JMPP - 46
LM - 20
LP - 56
MAJA - 68
MMN - 411
NDCP - 16
NPC - 172
NUP - 205
PCP - 2,108
PDP - 138,184
PPA - 531
RP - 39
SDP - 212
SNC - 1,165
UPN - 21
WTPN - 10
YES - 12
Total valid votes: 459,676
Rejected votes: 26,578
Total votes cast: 486,254
"We had cancellation of result at four polling units," the collation officer noted.
The total number of cancelled votes from the four polling units is 3,342 votes.
Source: UGC
Source: UGC
RESULTS COLLATION: FCT
INEC chairman, Mahmood reconvenes collation of the presidential election results.
Mohammed Sali Suleiman, VC for Nasarawa State University set to present results from FCT.
A - 69
AA - 51
AAC - 583
ACPN - 48
ADP - 145
ANP - 82
ANRP - 205
APC - 152,224
APGA - 255
BNPP - 19
CAP - 36
DPP - 284
FRESH - 76
GDPN - 501
GPN - 75
JMPP - 70
MAJA - 32
MMN - 165
NCMP - 19
NIP - 30
NPC - 127
NRM - 49
NUP - 123
PCP - 2921
PDP - 259,997
UDP - 19
UPN - 12
WTPN - 6
YES - 26
YPP - 1,083
The total number of valid votes in FCT - 423,951
Rejected votes - 27,457
Total votes cast - 451,408
NOTE: The collation officer reported that he has only one polling unit in Kuje where election did not hold on Saturday, February 23.
He, however, said that the election later took place on Sunday, February 24, and that the result for the unit is contained in the announced result.
He also stated that there was a total of 1,335,015 registered voters; 467,784 accredited voters.
Source: UGC
Source: UGC
Collation adjourned, resumes 2.30pm
The INEC chairman said the next states will take up to one hour to present.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I have just been informed by the collation secretariat that the next states will take up to one hour. Can we adjourn and reconvene?," he asked.
The audience chorused: "Yes."
"Okay, we adjourn and reconvene at 2.30 pm," the INEC boss said.
RESULTS COLLATION: Ekiti state
Source: UGC
The Ekiti state collation officer, Professor Olayinka Idowu, has started announcing the results of the presidential election in Ekiti state.
RESULTS
APC - 219,231
APGA - 39
PDP - 154,032
PPA - 253
PPC - 126
PPN - 49
PT - 20
RAP - 14
RBNP - 11
RP - 6
SDP - 48
SNC - 339
SNP - 37
UDP - 17
UP - 11
UPN - 20
WTPN - 10
YES - 11
YPP - 68
Total valid votes for 16 local government areas in Ekiti - 381,132
Rejected votes - 12,577 votes
Total votes cast - 393,709
NOTE: Idowu said the result was as collated by himself and signed by two party agents.
After the announcement, the collation officer handed over Ekiti presidential result sheets to the INEC chairman.
How APC and PDP stand after two states announced
APC - 566,865
PDP - 491,409
RESULTS COLLATION: Osun state
Next state, Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, the vice chancellor of the University of Lagos, introduces himself as the collation officer for Osun state.
RESULTS:
ANN - 268
ANP - 67
ANRP - 155
APA - 1897
APC - 347,634
GDPN - 1,081
RAP - 49
MPN - 53
KP - 46
PT - 89
PDP - 337,377
UPN - 45
WTPN - 19
YPP - 189
Total valid votes - 714,682
Rejected votes - 17,200
Total votes cast - 732,882
Source: UGC
Source: UGC
Source: UGC
NOTE: The result, according to the collation officer, was signed by 20 party agents.
The electoral officer said 12,082 were cancelled after reconciliation due to cases of over voting from some local government areas.
INEC chairman makes a presentation of the collation result sheets
Mahmood makes a presentation of the collation result sheets in alphabetical order starting with Abia state.
Collation about to start as INEC chairman speaks
The collation centre is filled up. The INEC chairman and other INEC principal staff members are present.
Mahmood announces the opening of the collation of results for Monday, February 25.
The INEC chairman already speaking, displaying and explaining all the necessary forms/papers used by the electoral body.
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