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Court declines to stop announcement of Rivers poll results

Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court Abuja on Wednesday refused to stop the collation of results of Rivers State Governorship and House of Assembly election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on March 9, 2019.

INEC had last week following the report of its fact finding committee on Rivers election fixed Wednesday, March 20, for the resumption of collation, conclusion and announcement of the remaining results in the election.

The electoral body had suspended the electoral process after some military personnel and armed men invaded it’s collation center in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

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BREAKING: INEC shifts announcement of presidential results

Nigeria’s electoral body, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has adjourned announcement of presidential election results till 2:30 pm.

INEC made the announcement after declaring results of Ekiti and Osun state in Abuja.

In Ekiti State, president Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) won with 219,231 votes, while Atiku Abubakar of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) polled 154,032.

In Osun State, Buhari’s APC polled 347,634. Atiku Abubakar of the PDP polled 337,377 votes.

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