BREAKING: INEC reveals when it will reconvene collation of Edo governorship election 2024 results

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INEC has postponed the collation of results for the Edo state governorship election to 5 p.m. on Sunday, September 22

Legit.ng journalist, Ridwan Adeola Yusuf, has over 9 years of experience covering politics and elections in Nigeria.

Benin City, Edo state - Anxiety mounted at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday afternoon, September 22, forcing INEC to postpone the final collation of results for the Edo state governorship election 2024 to 5 p.m.

Legit.ng reports that INEC officials have so far announced results from 16 out of the 18 LGAs in the state.

Anxiety as INEC postpones final collation of Edo election results again

Edo election 2024 update

INEC announced the recess at its headquarters in Benin, the Edo state capital, which also serves as the final collation centre.

Professor Faruk Adamu Kuta, the returning officer (RO) for the election and vice-chancellor of the Federal University of Technology (FUTMinna), said some results have not reached the INEC office in Benin City.

He said:

"We may not be able to give you a definite time. This is because the officers are still on the way."

Legit.ng reports that the announcement by INEC comes hours after voting officially ended in the 4,519 polling units in Edo on Saturday, September 21.

Who won Edo state governorship election 2024?

A purported Edo election result (by local government areas) in circulation strongly insinuated that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won the 2024 governorship poll in the state.

The viral screenshot attributing victory to the PDP in the 2024 election has the logo of the online Nigerian newspaper, Premium Times. The claim, which started circulating on Saturday afternoon, September 21, suggested that the PDP triumphed in 13 local government areas (LGAs) of Edo while the APC won the remaining five.

However, reacting via a disclaimer on Saturday night, September 21, the media platform pointed out that the alleged local government results attributed to it as the source was lifted from the official results of the 2020 Edo state governorship election.

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