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• A polling unit in Edo
Out of the 4519 polling units, INEC has uploaded the result sheets of 4259 polling units on its portal.
After months of campaigns and intrigues, voters in Edo State are casting their ballots in the governorship election.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had cleared 17 parties for the September 21st election as candidates battle to take over the reins of leadership from incumbent Governor Godwin Obaseki. His tenure ends in November.
Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP); the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s Monday Okpebholo and Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party (LP) are the major contenders for the battle.
The election is taking place in 4,519 polling units across the 18 local government areas of Edo State.
09:32 pm: INEC said it would probe two allegations of wrong figures inputted into polling unit (PU) result sheets in Saturday’s Edo State Governorship Election.
09:06 pm: INEC has uploaded over 95% of polling unit result sheets of Saturday’s Edo State Governorship Election on the commission’s Result Viewing Portal (IReV). Out of the 4519 polling units, the electoral umpire has uploaded the result sheets of 4316 polling units on the portal.
08:30 pm: INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Edo State, Anugbum Onuoha, told Channels Television that the results of the election are still at the ward level and would travel to the local government level before being sent to the state collation centre.
08:19 pm: [Edo Election] Security Beefed Up At INEC Collation Centre
Security has been beefed up at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) collation centre in Edo State ahead of the collation of results for Saturday’s governorship election in the state.
08:03 pm: YIAGA Cites Vote Buying, Thuggery In Edo Gov Poll
A Civil Society Organisation, Yiaga Africa, has said its agents observed incidences of vote buying and polling unit disruption during Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State.
07:50 pm: INEC Speaks On Announcement Of Edo Election Results
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has not received governorship election results from any of the 18 local government areas (LGAs) in Edo State.
06:11 pm: Ballots are being sorted in many polling units, while the results are uploaded on the INEC result viewing portal (IReV)
05:29 pm: Asue Ighodalo wins Unit 3, Ward 1 in Ewohimi, Esan South East LGA. Results announced: PDP 200, APC 45, VOID 1
05:10 pm: Police arrest fake journalist, suspected political thugs
The Nigeria Police Force says its operatives have apprehended a “fake journalist” who claims to be a staff member of one of the leading television stations in Nigeria during the governorship election in Edo State on Saturday.
04:11 pm: Asue Ighodalo, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in the September 21, 2024 election in Edo State, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of delaying voting in his strongholds in Edo Central Senatorial District.
03:37 pm: Situation Room decries widespread vote-buying, fake news
A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room (NCSSR), has observed voter inducement at polling units (PUs) in the September 21 governorship election in Edo State.
03:29 pm: Contention over whether a vote cast is void or valid at Ward 002, Unit 023, Ikpoba Okha LGA.
03:02 pm: Nigeria’ll Suffer If INEC ‘Messes’ With Edo Election – Odinkalu
Former chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Chidi Odinkalu, has warned that the country could face dire consequences if the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) toys with the ongoing Edo governorship election.
02:51 pm: Sorting and counting at Ward 002, Unit 21. Western Boys High School, Ikpoba Okha LGA.
02:38 pm: INEC officials at different polling units in Ward 002, Western Boys High School, Ikpoba Okha LGA strike out unused materials. Sorting and counting to follow immediately.
02: 01 pm: INEC has extended the voting exercise in some selected areas owing to the late commencement of the election. (Channels TV)