The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared a four-hour recess in the collation of results of the presidential election, which will herald the declaration of the country’s president-elect.
According to Attahiru Jega, the recess was announced to give adequate time to other state returning officers “currently on their way to Abuja”.
He said the collation session would reconvene at 8pm.
After eight states and the federal capital territory, the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has 2,322,734, while the All Progressives Congress (APC) has 2,302,978. In the interim, PDP is leading with 19, 755 votes.
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In Nasawara, PDP polled 273,460 ahead of APC, which had 236, 838. While in Oyo APC had 528,620 over the ruling party’s 303,376.
With a total of 157,195 votes, PDP carried the day in the federal capital territory, leaving the APC with 146,399.
Ondo went to the APC with a total of 299,889 and PDP ,251,368.
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Osun, which is the only state where the opposition won in 2011, still went to the APC. The party had 383,603 ahead of PDP, which had 249,929.
With 264,851, APC won in Kogi, a predominantly PDP state. PDP had 149,987 in the state.
PDP had a field day in Ekiti, securing 176,466, while APC had a total of 120,331.
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