INEC completes nationwide review of governorship election results

The Independent National Electoral Commission, or INEC, announced that it has finished reviewing the outcomes of the 28-state governorship election that took place last Saturday.

The commission claimed that it had finished reviewing the results for the states of Abia and Enugu, where it had previously halted further collation due to a string of election fraud and violence.

Festus Okoye, the INEC National Commissioner in charge of the Information and Voter Education Committee, revealed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja.

The panel noted that it had met on March 20 and had gone through how the nationwide governorship and state assembly elections on March 18 had gone.

“Arising from the meeting, the Commission decided to suspend further collation of the governorship election results in some parts of Abia and Enugu states, to review the collation processes in both states.

“The Commission has concluded the review. Consequently, the collation of results for the governorship election in both Abia and Enugu states will continue today, March 22.

“The Commission appreciates the patience and understanding of the people of both states as we conclude the collation processes.”