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Collation, announcement of election results continue 11am today
The INEC National Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, adjourned to collation officers in the remaining states do their jobs.
He had said the collation centre will be open all day and all night with short breaks.
The collation of presidential election results will be done at four levels. First at the 8,889 wards, then at the 774 local government areas, then collation officers of the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory will submit the votes in Abuja.
In Kwara, for instance, Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) polled 263,572 votes followed by Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 136,909 votes.
Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) polled 31,166 votes while Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) polled 3,141 votes.
Osun: APC polled 343,945, LP 23,283, NNPP 713, and PDP 354,366. Ondo, the APC, 369,924; LP, 44,405; NNPP, 930; PDP 115,463. Atiku won Gombe and Yobe; Obi won Enugu, Tinubu took Ogun.
Background
It’s a swansong of contesting for Tinubu and Atiku. While the former vice-president is 76-year-old, Tinubu, the ‘City Boy’ is 70. By next election circle, they will be 80 and 74, respectively.
However, Peter Obi, aged 61, carries the hope of millions of Nigerians, especially youths demanding a new beginning.
Others are Dumebi Kachikwu of the African Democratic Congress; Kola Abiola, People’s Redemption Party; Omoyele Sowore, Africa Action Congress; Adewole Adebayo, Social Democratic Party; Malik Ado-Ibrahim, Young Progressive Party.
Prof Christopher Imumulen, Accord Party; Prof Peter Umeadi, All Progressives Grand Alliance; and Yusuf Mamman Dan Talle, Allied Peoples Movement.
Also in the contest are Hamza Al-Mustapha, Action Alliance; Sani Yusuf, Action Democratic Party; Nnnadi Osita, Action Peoples Party; Oluwafemi Adenuga, Boot Party; Osakwe Felix Johnson, National Rescue Movement; and Nwanyanwu Daniel Daberechukwu, Zenith Labour Party.