Collation of Abia Gubernatorial results resumes at 4 PM today
The suspended collation of Abia State Governorship election results will resume today by 4 PM as reported by Vanguard. The collation will be held inside the premises of the Independent National Electoral Commission headquarters, Umuahia.
Mrs, Rebecca Jim, the Head of Voters Education, and Publicity confirmed the new development and reported that the Presiding Officer and Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Professor Nnenna Oti; and the State Administrative Secretary, Clement Oha who were invited to INEC headquarters Abuja, over the controversy from the Obingwa results, were on their way back to the state, to complete the process.
Reports had been Published earlier over the suspension of the collation of results in Abia and Enugu over alleged infractions.
Read Here: INEC suspends collation of Abia and Enugu governorship results
The main opposition Labour Party, LP, which was already leading with over 92,000 votes from the declared results of 16 out of 17 LGAs in the state, raised an alarm, alleging that the ‘mystery figures’ were cooked by the ruling party.
While results from 26 LGAs had been formally declared at the INEC Collation Centre, Obingwa’s result was yet to be presented when the directive from INEC headquarters in Abuja came for the exercise to the halted, and the action shifted to Abuja.
So far, residents of Abia and all concerned have been soaked with tension calling on INEC to do the right thing.
Meanwhile, Abia Patriots, led by former Commissioner for Youths Development, Dannie Ubani; and the immediate-past Chairman, of the Board of Internal Revenue, Professor Udo Ogbonnaya, had at a press conference Tuesday in Umuahia, urged INEC to stop further delays in announcing the winner of the contest, which could be “clearly seen by all according to INEC statistics”.
They warned that any error of judgment or attempt to subvert the will of the people could set the stage ablaze, and urged INEC to save Abia from avoidable political turmoil.
