BREAKING: INEC suspends collation of guber election results in Abia, Enugu LGAs

Bayo Wahab 13:57 - 20 March 2023

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu and other INEC officials during meeting with Labour Party lawyers on Monday, March 13, 2023, in Abuja. (INEC/Twitter)

The LGAs affected are Obingwa LGA in Abia and Nsukka and Nkanu East LGAs in Enugu.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the ongoing collation of governorship election results in some local government areas.

The LGAs affected are Obingwa LGA in Abia and Nsukka and Nkanu East LGAs in Enugu.

The development was announced in a statement on Monday, March 20, 2023, by INEC national commissioner and chairman, information and voter education committee, Festus Okoye.

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Suspension of Further Collation of Governorship Election Results in Abia and Enugu States pic.twitter.com/mNw8zMWHFe
— INEC Nigeria (@inecnigeria) March 20, 2023

According to him, the commission suspended the collation process following its decision to review the conduct of the governorship and state assembly elections held nationwide on March 18.