The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the collation of results for the Edo governorship election held on Saturday.
Faruk Kuta, INEC’s returning officer, announced the suspension on Sunday due to outstanding results from Oredo and Ikpoba Okha local governments.
“The collation officers for the two local governments are still on the field, and we cannot proceed without their reports,” Mr Kuta, the vice-chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, explained.
He said the suspension, which took effect immediately, will last until 5:00 p.m. when collation is expected to resume.
Earlier, results from 16 of 18 LGAs showed that the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were leading the pack.
Here are the partial results:
APC: 244,549 votes
PDP: 187,880 votes
LP: 21,420 votes
While the two results are being awaited, APC is leading with 56,669 votes.
Oredo and Ikpoba Okha, two municipal local government areas in Benin, Edo capital, are the most populous local governments.
(NAN)
