Anxiety continues to mount among contenders and members of the two major political parties in the country as Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) since Monday has been rolling out results of last Saturday’s presidential/National Assembly elections.
So far, INEC has on Monday started to release results of the presidential election in 12 states as well as Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
In the results, President Muhammadu Buhari of All Progressives Congress, APC, is leading in Bauchi, Ekiti, Katsina, Kano, Osun, Gombe, Nasarawa, Kogi, Kwara, Niger, Kaduna, Lagos, Ogun, Jigawa and Yobe States while Atiku Abubakar of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, won in Abia, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Adamawa, Cross River, Ebonyi, Enugu, FCT, Ondo, Edo, Benue, Imo, Taraba, Oyo and Plateau states.
Shortly after convening at the National Collation Centre, Abuja, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, the INEC chairman, declared collation centre open and set ground rules for all parties and interested individuals present.
Yakubu 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 a.m. on Monday, February 25. Thank you and God bless.” Collation commenced at 11 a.m.
A table of the Presidential results released so far:
RESULTS COLLATION: Osun State
Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, the vice chancellor of the University of Lagos, introduced 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.
RESULTS COLLATION: Ekiti State
The Ekiti state collation officer, Professor Olayinka Idowu, announced 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.
RESULTS COLLATION: FCT
Mohammed Sali Suleiman, VC for Nasarawa State University presented 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.
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.
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.
RESULTS COLLATION: Ondo State
Mahmood called 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 mixed up number of votes gathered by two political parties – CAP and CC.
Following a series of mix up of the number of votes, the national chairman asks that the collation officer and his colleague step aside to reconcile their results. Mahmood Yakubu asked the REC and collation officer to go and reconcile the figures and be re-invited.
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, raised some observations concerning violence in Kogi state.
He also said a list of areas where the card reader did not work had been forwarded. Feb 25 18:21 PM
RESULTS COLLATION: Gombe State
Gombe collation officer came on the stage. He is the vice chancellor of Moddibo Adama University of Technology. He announced 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.
Kayode Shoremekun, the collation officer for the controversial Ondo was 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 crossed the spot where he got stuck in his previous presentation.
He also received 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.
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.
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
RESULTS COLLATION: Enugu State
Joseph Ahanekwu, the vice chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, introduced 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.
Noah Abiodun, PPA agent complained that there are voters not accounted for in all the states. He said in Abia, 17,090 not accounted. He noted that in Nasarawa, over 14,000 voters remain unaccounted for.
He argued 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: Ebonyi State
Professor Francis Eze, vice chancellor of Federal University of Technology Owerri, introduced 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.
RESULTS COLLATION: Niger State
Mahmood announced the resumption of the national collation for 2019 presidential election and called on collation officer for Niger state. Announcing her appearance for Niger state was the vice chancellor for the Federal University of Lokoja, Professor Angela Freeman.
Total number of registered voters: 2,375,568
Total number of accredited voters: 911,964
Total of 25 Local government elections areas, which according to the collation officer all successfully had elections in those areas.
Total number of valid votes: 851,937
Total number of rejected votes: 45,039
Total number of votes cast: 896,976 ACD: 777 ACPN: 137 ADC: 588 ADP: 2,582 AGA: 238 ANDP: 145 ANN: 145 ANRP: 169 APA: 1,591 APC: 612,371 CC: 98 DA: 123 FRESH: 172 GDPN: 2,115 JMPP: 65 Lm: 46 LP: 90 MAJA: 98 NNPP: 187 NPC: 422 PCP: 2,855 PDP: 218,052 PT: 96 SDP: 239 UDP: 44 UPN:63 WTPN: 25 YES: 48 YPP: 113
The Niger state collation officer said voting in some polling units was cancelled because here were cases were the card readers could not function due to lack of network and snatching of ballot boxes and pockets of violence.
Total number of polling units affected is 105 units cutting across the 25 local government areas in the state. With a total of 71,237 cancelled votes in Niger state. One of the YPP agents raised an objection complaining about issues with card readers. He said in a case where bout 45,000 votes are cancelled, it was not the fault of the electorate.
Yakubu said based on the resport before him, he did not hear if the collation officer mentioned a figure of those disenfranchised. He said all the issues raised so far would be looked into. He also said the officials from Plateau are safe and would be called after the figures are reconciled.
RESULTS COLLATION: Jigawa State
Mahmood called in the officials from Jigawa state and Niger collation officer exits. Prof Abdullahi Abdul-Zuru, the vice chancellor of Usman Dan Foddio University, Sokoto introduced himself as the collation officer from the state.
Total number of registered voters: 2,104,889
Total number of accredited: 1,171,801 A 69 AA 171 AAC 226 ADP 69 ACPN: 97 ADC: 261 ANDP: 90 ANN: 66 ANRP: 147 APA: 1,420 APC: 794,738 APGA: 140 CC: 43 DA: 88 DPP: 166 FRESH 159 GDPN: 3,231 JMPP: 80 MAJA: 198 MMN: 458 NCP: 96 NIP: 44 PCP: 2,761 PDP 289,895 PT 130 SDP: 5,011 UDP: 47 UPN: 16 WTPN: 18 YPP: 67 YES: 71
Total valid votes: 1,106,244
Total rejected votes: 43,678
Total votes cast: 1,149,922.
The collation officer for Jigawa state said there were cancellation in 10 LGAs which affected 30 polling units with 16,014 cancelled votes.
- APC: 794,738 (Winner)
- PDP: 289,895
RESULT COLLATION: Kaduna State
INEC chairman called on the collation of officer for Kaduna, the vice chancellor of the Federal University of Birnin-Kebbi. He said Kaduna has a total of 23 local government areas with a total of 3,861,033 registered voters.
Accredited voters: 1,757,868 A 56 AA: 54 AAC: 243 ACPN: 108 AAN: 261 ANP: 439 ANRP: 118 APA: 1,702 APC: 993,445 APGA: 749 CP: 41 DA: 30 FRESH: 115 GDPN: 1,317 JMPP: 41 LP: 55 MAJA: 81 MMN: 806 PCP: 4,027 PDP: 649,612 PPA: 764 SDP: 1,737 SNC: 1,614 UPN: 279 WTPN: 7 YPP: 169
Total number of valid votes: 1,663,603
Total number of rejected votes: 45,402
Total number of votes cast: 1,709,005
The collation officer told the INEC chairman that elections were cancelled in 282 polling units with 189,865 cancelled votes in the State.
- APC: 993,445 (Winner)
- PDP: 649,612
RESULT COLLATION: Oyo State
Prof Suleiman Abdulkareem introduces himself as the collation officer for Oyo. He said Oyo has 33 local government areas
Total registered voters: 2,796,542.
Total number of accredited voters: 905,007. AAC: 4,014 AA: 380 AAP: 627 ACPN: 835 ADC: 40,830 ADP: 25,384 ANN: 1,896 ANP: 212 ANRP: 505 APA: 1,094 APC: 365,229 APDA: 685 APGA: 197 CAP: 73 CC: 126 DPP: 1,262 FRESH: 152 GDPN: 1,515 MMN: 770 JMPP: 102 NCP: 194 LP: 360 MAJA: 144 PCP: 5,352 PDP: 366,690 PPA: 1,600 PT: 138 SDP: 766 UPN: 86 WTPN: 46 YES: 167 YPP: 1,608 SDP: 978 UP: 31 UDP: 69 WTPN: 21 YES: 20 YPP: 109
Total valid votes: 836,531
Total number of rejected votes: 54,549
Total number of votes cast: 891,080 Five local government areas with eight polling units were affected with either cancellation of voting process or no voting at all. A total number of 3,273 were cancelled.
RESULT COLLATION: Adamawa State
The collation officer, introduced himself. He said the state has 21 local government areas Total number of registered voters: 1,959,322
Total number of accredited voters: 874,920
A: 79 AAP: 205 ACD: 324 ACPN: 138 ADC: 3,989 ADP: 329 AGAP: 58 ANDP: 83 ANN: 162 ANP: 121 ANRP: 127 APA: 1,242 APC: 378,078 APDA: 651 APGA: 159 APP: 159 BNPP: 25 CAP: 20 CC: 65 FRESH: 147 GPN: 231 HDP: 67 LP: 61 MAJA: 102 MMN: 575 PDP: 410,266 PCP: 3,670.
Total number of valid votes: 811,534
Total number of rejected votes: 49,222
Total number of votes cast: 860,756
He said 22 polling units were cancelled thus affecting 15,505 votes.
RESULTS COLLATION: Anambra State
Professor Francis Otunta, the vice chancellor of Federal University of Agriculture, Umudike was the collation officer for Anambra state.
Total number of registered voters: 2,389,332
Total number of accredited voters: 675,273 from a total of 21 local government areas
AA: 57 AAP: 103 ACPN: 109 ADC: 227 ADP: 427 AGAP: 349 ANRP: 32 APA: 596 APC: 33,298 APGA 30,034 CC: 33 CNP: 24 DPP: 697 FRESH: 54 GDPN: 723 JMPP: 38 LP: 52 MAJA: 23 MMN: 66 MPN: 30 PCP: 4,374 PDP: 524,738 RAP: 21 UP: 47 UPN: 36 YES: 405
Total valid votes: 605,734
Total votes rejected: 19, 301
A total of 114 polling units were affected with either cancellation or no voting occurred. There is a total 69,395 cancelled votes in Anambra state.
RESULTS COLLATION: Lagos State
Mahmood immediately invited the collation officer for Lagos state, Professor Felix Salako of the Federal University of Agriculture (FUNAAB), Abeokuta, Ogun.
Total number of registered voters: 6,313,507
Accredited voters: 1,196,490 A: 5948 AAC: 8910 AAP: 675 ACD: 948 ACPN: 572 ADC: 2,915 ADP: 1,262 ANN: 6,946 ANP: 468 ANRP: 320 APA: 1,494 APC: 580,825 APDA: 846 APGA: 499 NAC: 359 NCP:219 NDCP: 44 NDLP: 70 NEPP: 74 NFD: 447 NIP: 133 PCP: 8458 PDP: 448,015 PPA: 759 SDP: 770 SNP: 162 UDP: 79 UP: 49 UPN: 69 YES: 138 YPP: 5,733
Total valid votes: 1,089,567
Total rejected votes: 67,023
Total votes cast: 1,156,599 Number of cancelled polling units in Lagos state is 188 with a total of 141,256 cancelled votes.
RESULTS COLLATION: Ogun State
Ogun collation officer and returning officer mounted the platform with total number of registered voters as 2,336,887
Total number of accredited voters: 613,397 AAC: 3,196 ADP: 7705 AGA: 355 AGAP: 147 ANDP: 269 ANN: 1,509 APA: 1233 APC: 281,762 CAP: 51 CNP: 121 DPC: 343 DPP: 734 FRESH: 174 GDPN: 1,258 LP: 205 MAJA: 125 PCP: 3,563 PDP: 194, 655 SDP: 1,374 SNP: 1,030 UPN: 137 YES: 276
Total valid votes: 564,256
Rejected votes: 41,682
Total votes cast: 605,938.
He said there were 9680 There were cancellation in 48 polling units with a total of 42,176 votes.
RESULTS COLLATION: Edo State
The collation officer for Edo state, Prof Ndowa Lale, the vice chancellor of University of Port Harcourt, said the state has 18 LGAs.
Total number of registered voters: 2,150,127
Total number of accredited voters: 604,917 AA: 162 AAC: 3,106 AAP: 473 APC: 267,842 APGA: 143 APM: 29 APP: 99 CAP: 17 GDPN: 666 HDP: 21 MMN: 342 NAC: 26 NIP: 47 NPC: 258 PCP: 3,526 PDP: 275,691 UPD: 47 UPN: 22 WTPN: 20 YES: 37 YPP: 531
Total number of valid votes: 560,711
Total rejected votes: 38,517
Total votes cast: 599,228
RESULTS COLLATION: Benue State
Prof. Sebastian Maimaku, the VC of the University of Jos, was the collation officer for Benue state.
Total number of registered voters 2,391,276
Total number of accredited voters: 786,069 A: 153 AA: 242 AAP: 192 ABP: 47 ACD: 138 ADC: 554 AGA: 138 AGAP: 159 ANDP: 64 ANN: 201 ANP: 61 APA: 807 APC: 347,668 APGA: 4,582 CC: 29 CNP: 75 FRESH: 76 GDPN: 666 JMPP: 37 LP: 594 MAJA: 57 MMN: 407 NIP: 55 NUP: 228 PCP: 2,793 PDP: 356,817 PPN: 113 RAP: 39 SDP: 4,927 SNP: 85 UDP: 135 UNP: 31 WTPN: 75 YES: 47 YPP: 557
Total valid votes: 728,912
Total rejected votes: 34,960
Total votes cast: 763,872
He said elections were cancelled in some units in 16 of the local government areas and this affected 172 polling units and 122, 989 voters. He stated that the refusal of the voters to use the smart card readers and cases of over-voting affected the units.
RESULTS COLLATION: Bauchi State
The collation officer said number registered voters in the state is 2,453,512 while the number of accredited voters stands at 1,075,330. A: 154 AA: 49 AAC: 183 ACP: 81 ADP: 123 ANN: 46 ANRP: 171 APC: 798,428 APDA: 1,211 APGA: 149 BNPP: 11 CAP: 14 CC: 48 ANRP: 171 FRESH: 111 GDPN: 1,269 JMPP: 50 LM: 19 LP: 41 MAJA: 89 MMN: 688 MPN: 95 NCMP: 28 NCP: 84 NEPP: 27 NNPP: 1,657 NUP: 117 PCP: 2,104 PDP: 209,313 RP: 56 SDP: 516 SNC: 1,394 UDP: 27 UPN: 27 WTPN: 17 YES: 16 YPP: 112
Total number of valid votes: 1,024,307
Total number of rejected votes: 37,648
Total number of votes cast: 1,061,955
“Mr chairman, we encountered cancellation in 17 LGAs and 53 polling units and 29,660 votes cancelled,” the Bauchi returning officer said.
Osita Chidoka of the PDP raised concern about the legality of elections in various states especially in the Northern part of the Nigeria.
He called on the INEC chairman to make a projection on the card readers used during the election processes in this state and all parts of the country. He also said the party had written a petition on the issue and addressed to the chairman of INEC.
However, He also said the party has written a petition on the issue and addressed to the chairman of INEC. However responding, the chairman of the INEC said there are avenues for receiving petition addressed to the commission. He urged the PDP to forward the party’s petition to the INEC office for due attention.
Also objecting to the issue raided by Chidoka, the APC spokesperson, Festus Keyamo, said there are procedures to thes things. He said the APC has remained calm despite information at its disposal of massive thumb printing of ballot papers by the opposition in Akwa Ibom.
He said the APC have remained calm despite information at its disposal of massive thumb printing of ballot papers by the opposition in Akwa Ibom state. The INEC chairman assured that issues raised would be addressed by the commission, urged the parties to send their petitions to INEC through the appropriate channel.
RESULTS COLLATION: Imo State
Professor Benjamin Uzumba of University of Nigeria Nsukka introduced himself as the collation officer for Imo state.
Total number of registered voters: 2,037,569
Total number of accredited voters: 585,741 ADP: 421 AGAP: 273 ANDP: 97 ANN: 119 ANP: 38 ANRP: 98 APA: 1,658 APC: 140,463 APDA: 1,847 APGA: 10,880 APP: 92 BNPP: 25 CAP: 13 CC: 44 DPC: 80 DPP: 255 FRESH: 71 JMPP: 22 LP: 337 MPN: 61 NAC: 126 MAJA: 112 NDCP: 22 NDLP: 33 NPC: 223 PCP: 4,883 PDP: 334,923 SDP: 772 UDP: 105 UP: 31 UPN: 20
Total accredited votes: 511, 586
Total rejected votes: 31,191
Total votes cast: 542,777 In 12 of the local government areas some polling units – 97 – were cancelled with 63,048 votes affected.
RESULTS COLLATION: Plateau State
The collation officer was Prof. A.K. Richard.
Total No: Reg Voters:2,423,381
Total No: of Accredited:1,074,042
Total Votes Cast:1,062,862
Total Valid Votes:1,034,853
Rejected Votes:28,009 AAC: 268 ADC: 590 ADP:1,395 APC: 468,555 PDP: 548,665 SDP: 599 UP: 80 WTPN: 19 YES: 62 YPP: 200 18:05 PM
RESULTS COLLATION: Kano State
Total number of registered voters: 5,391,581
Total number of accredited voters: 2,006,410 AA: 221 AAC: 416 AAP: 410 ACD: 250 ACPN: 194 ADP: 439 AGAP: 138 ANN; 114 ANRP: 264 APA: 272 APC: 1,464,768 AUN: 56 BNPP: 47 CNP: 92 FRESH: 331 GDPN: 4,643 LP: 118 MAJA: 183 NCP: 174 NIP: 94 NPC: 523 PCP: 3,568 PDP: 391,593 PPA: 1,012 PPN: 322 PT: 177 SDP: 635 SNC: 3,362 UP: 80 WTPN: 19 YES: 62 YPP: 200
Total number of valid votes: 1,891,134
Total number of rejected votes: 73,617
Total votes cast: 1,964,751
According to the returning officer for Kano state, 17 local governments were affected with 69 polling units cancelled . He also noted that 43,900 votes were affected and cancelled due to the incidents of refusal to use the smart card readers.
RESULTS COLLATION: Katsina State
Fatima Mukhtar, the vice chancellor of University Dutse wasthe collation officer for Katsina state.
Total number of LGAs: 34
Total number of registered voters: 3,210,422
Total number of accredited voters: 1,628,865 AA: 48 AAC: 186 AAP: 142 ACPN: 84 ADP: 140 AGA: 95 ANDP: 52 ANN: 82 APA: 1,662 APC: 1,232,133 CAP: 31 CNP: 24 FRESH: 103 GDPN: 222 KP: 45 LM: 33 LP: 45 MAJA: 67 NCP: 77 PCP: 2,399 PDP: 308,056 PT: 61 RAP: 94 SDP: 150 SNC: 947 UDP: 96 UP: 13 WTPN: 6 YPP: 61
Total number valid votes: 1,555,473
Total rejected votes: 63,712
Total votes cast: 1,619,18.
Twenty polling units were cancelled with 12,027 votes affected.
RESULTS COLLATION: Taraba State
Professor Shehu Iya, the deputy vice chancellor of Modibbo Adama University, Yola was the collation officer for Taraba state.
Total number of registered voters: 1,777,105
Total number of accredited voters: 756,111 AA: 254 AAC: 116 AAP: 76 ACD: 101 ACPN: 218 ADC: 211 ANDP: 34 ANN: 35 APA: 572 APC: 324,906 APDA: 374 BNPP: 15 CC: 25 CNP: 57 FRESH: 67 GDPN: 1,052 JMPP : 21 LP: 27 MAJA: 45 PCP: 321 PDP: 374,743
Total valid votes: 712,877
Total rejected votes: 28,687
Total votes cast: 741,564 Election did not hold in some of the polling units 57 polling units were affected and 45,066 were cancelled in Taraba state.
RESULTS COLLATION: Cross River State
Total registered votes: 1,512,915
Total accredited voters: 461,033 APM: 13 APP: 31 ASD: 30 APC: 117,302 HDP: 14 ID: 25 JMPP: 45 KP: 12 LM: 6 LP: 29 NCMP: 19 NDCP: 24 NUP: 60 PCP: 2,033 PDP: 295,737 SDP: 1,395 SNP: 33 UDP: 23 UP: 46 UPN: 89 WTPN: 4 YES: 16 YPP: 217
Total number of valid votes: 421,901
Total number of rejected votes: 24,145
Total number of votes cast: 446,046 26 polling units and 132,189 votes were cancelled in Cross River state.
Cross Rivers collation officer after an objection from a Mega Party agent said there had been a reconciliation of the votes collated from the state. Apologising for the wrong projection, the collation officer noted that the corrected version is : total number of valid votes is 421,901; total number of rejected votes, 24,145 while the total number of votes cast is 446,046.
RESULTS COLLATION: Akwa Ibom State
Professor Osaze Oroese, the vice chancellor of the University of Benin was the collation officer for Akwa Ibom state .
Total number of LGAs: 31
Total number of registered voters: 2,119,727
Total number of accredited voters: 695,677 AA: 46 AAC: 22 AAP: 227 ABP: 99 ADC: 230 AGA: 41 ANDP: 23 ANN: 95 ANRP: 23 APA: 277 APC: 175,429 AUN: 14 BNPP: 30 CAP: 2 GDPN: 464 GPN: 157 JMPP: 32 KP: 10 LP: 42 MAJA: 14 MMN: 110 NPC: 191 NUP: 27 PCP: 1,902 PDP: 395,832 PPA: 432 SDP: 92 SNC: 214 UPN: 17 WTPN: 26 YES: 18 YPP: 118
Total valid votes: 578,775
Total rejected votes: 26,365
Total votes cast: 605,140 Problem in 10 Local government areas affected voting in 272 polling units Total number of voters affected is 195,799.
The collation officer said the Electoral Officer in one of the LGA was abducted and beaten to pulp. He said the EO was later rescued by some soldiers and taken to Oron for safety while all the Electoral materials were destroyed.
RESULTS COLLATION: Borno State
Samila Ibrahim, the vice chancellor ATBU Bauchi state, introduceD himself as the collation officer for Borno state. Total number of registered voters: 2,319,434 Total number of accredited voters: 987,290 ADP: 75 ACD: 165 ACPN: 125 ADC: 301 ADP: 104 ANDP: 53 ANN: 29 ANRP: 136 APA: 1,219 APC: 836,496 DPP: 177 FRESH: 93 GDPN: 478 GPN: 262 HDP: 29 LP: 61 MAJA: 112 NNPP: 123 NUP: 111 PCP: 1,563 PDP: 71,788 UPN: 20 YES: 27 YPP: 78 Total valid votes: 919,786 Total rejected votes: 35,419 Total votes cast: 955,205 Incidences of over voting in 12 polling units led to the cancellation of 5,931 votes.
RESULTS COLLATION: Delta State
Professor Seth Jaja, the vice chancellor of University of Otuoke introduced himself as the collation officer for Delta state.
Total number of registered voters: 2,719,313 Total number of accredited voters: 891,647 ACD: 211 ACPN: 134 ADC: 1,075 ADP: 241 AGA: 33 AGAP: 53 ANPP: 30 ANN: 320 ANRP: 56 APA: 298 APC: 221,292 APDA: 309 CC: 38 FRESH: 109 GDPN: 393 JMPP: 59 LP: 110 MAJA: 30 MMN: 194 MPN: 36 PCP: 2,753 PDP: 594,068 SDP: 1,745 UDP: 40 UP: 9 UPN: 12 WTPN: 4 YES: 13 YPP: 497
Total valid votes : 829,762
Total rejected votes: 52,492 Total votes cast: 882,244
The collation officer futher reported that there were incidence in 11 LGAs involving 87 polling units He added that 54,120 votes were cancelled in these areas.
RESULTS COLLATION: Bayelsa State
Professor Zanah Akpagu, vice chancellor of the University of Calabar for Bayelsa state Total LGAs: 8
Total number of registered voters: 923,182
Total number of accredited voters: 344,237 AAC: 126 AAP: 43 ABP: 10 ACPN: 60 AGAP: 6 APC: 118,821 APDA: 90 FRESH: 49 GDPN: 144 GPN: 9 JMPP: 0 LM: 32 LP: 54 MAJA: 20 NNPP: 25 NUP: 31 PCP: 1,584 PDP: 197,933 PPA: 98 YES: 2 YPP: 50
Total valid votes: 321,767
Total rejected votes: 14,089
Total number of votes cast: 335,856
Cancellation in Polling units occurred in three LGAs. Total number of affected voters in 42 affected polling units are 21,380.
RESULTS COLLATION: Sokoto State
Mohammed Bello, vice chancellor Bayero University Kano introduced himself as the collation officer for Sokoto state.
Total number of registered voters: 1,895,266
Total number of accredited voters: 950,107 A: 59 votes AA: 61 ACD: 142 ACPN: 146 ADP: 189 AGA: 347 ANDP; 219 ANRP: 144 APC: 490,333 APDA: 1,095 CAP: 67 DA: 57 FRESH: 231 JMPP: 104 LM: 76 LP: 90 NIP: 50 PCP: 2,630 PDP: 361,604 PPA: 1,494 UDP: 61 UP: 50 UPN: 33
Total number of valid votes: 871,891
Total number of rejected votes: 54,049
Total number of votes cast: 925,940.
RESULTS COLLATION: Kebbi State
The collation officer for Kebbi state begins his presentation.
Total number of registered voters: 1,802,697
Total number of accredited voters: 835,238 AA: 96 ACD: 201 ACPN: 130 ADC: 285 ADP: 205 AGAP: 73 ANDP: 116 ANRP: 154 APC: 581,552 APGA: 228 DPC: 169 DPP: 270 FRESH: 237 GDPN: 2,551 HDP: 107 LM: 85 LP: 63 MAJA: 131 MPN: 101 NAC: 84 PCP: 1,794 PDP: 154,282 UDP: 62 UP: 60 UPN: 31 WTPN: 36 YES: 71 YPP: 53
Total number of valid votes : 756,605
Total number of rejected votes: 47,150
Total number of votes cast: 803,755
Total number of cancelled votes: 6,296 from 13 polling units.
RESULTS COLLATION: Zamfara State
The collation officer for Zamfara state announced that the total number of registered voters stood at 1,717,128.
Total number of accredited voters: 616,168 AA: 52 ABP: 87 ADC: 186 ADP: 102 ANDP: 34 ANRP: 56 APA: 947 APC: 438,682 AUN: 17 CAP: 7 DPP: 197 FRESH: 53 GDPN: 885 HDP: 43 KP: 28 LM : 16 LP: 44 MAJA: 31 NIP: 22 NPC: 230 PDP: 125,423 SDP: 81 SNP: 116 YPP: 44
Total valid votes: 578,437
Total rejected votes: 18,785
Total votes cast: 597,224
A total of 57,871 votes were cancelled in 115 polling units in Zamfara state.
RESULTS COLLATION: Rivers State
Professor Enefiong Essein, the vice chancellor of Akwa Ibom state university Uyo presented Rivers state’s results.
Total number of registered voters: 3,215,273
Total number of accredited voters: 678,167 A: 1,744 AA: 265 AAP: 109 ACD: 572 ACPN: 546 ADC: 597 ADP: 295 AGA: 138 ANDP: 145 APA: 597 APC: 159,710 APDA: 418 CAP: 113 CC: 230 CNP: 93 DA: 78 DPP: 236 FRESH : 146 GDPN: 173 GPN: 89 JMPP: 76 LM: 107 MAJA: 84 NCP: 174 PCP: 2,954 PDP: 473,971 PPA: 205 RP: 121 SDP: 1,244 UP: 53 UPN: 70 WTPN: 58 YES: 106 YPP: 415
Total valid votes: 642,165
Total rejected votes: 24,420
Total votes cast: 666,585
According to the returning officer, election did not hold in two local government areas in the state – Bonny Island and Akuku Toru. He said the electoral process was disrupted by violence and inability of the officer to take materials to the areas. Total number of polling units affected in Rivers state: 1,402 Total number of cancelled votes: 942,368.
