Edo Election: PDP asks INEC to obey rules, restore collation process

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday demanded the restoration of the collation process in accordance with the Electoral Act and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) rules and regulations for Saturday’s governorship election.

Addressing newsmen in Benin, at the Edo Gubernatorial Election 2024 Situation Room, Adamawa State Governor and Chairman of the PDP Campaign Council for the September 21 Edo Governorship poll, Ahmadu Fintiri, who led his counterpart, Governor Kefas Agbu of Taraba, decried the irregularities in the collation process at INEC’s State office in Edo.

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“We hereby demand the restoration of the collation process in accordance with the Electoral Act and INEC rules and regulations for this election. Any other illegal and unlawful actions going forward will be a violation of the will of the people and an abuse of the Electoral Act 2022.”

According to him, at the point of the truncation of the collation exercise, these were the results that had been collated:

Esan Central: APC – 8,618, PDP – 10,990
Esan North East: APC – 10,648, PDP – 12,522
Esan South East: APC – 8,398, PDP – 14,199
Esan West: APC – 12,952, PDP – 11,004
-Igueben APC – 5,407, PDP – 8,470
Etsako Central: APC – 10,990, PDP – 8,618
Orhionmwon: APC – 16,059, PDP – 16,614
Ovia North East: APC – 13,225, PDP – 15,311
Ovia South West APC – 10,150, PDP – 10,260
Owan West: APC – 12,277, PDP – 11,284
Owan East: APC – 19,380, PDP – 14,189
Uhumwonde: APC – 8,673, PDP – 9,339