KatsinaTimes
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has postponed the collation of results for its presidential primary election to allow Muslim party members observe the Eid-el-Kabir celebrations and to accommodate electoral officials facing travel difficulties.
Chairman of the Presidential Primary Election Committee, Chief Ikechi Emenike, announced the postponement late Tuesday in Abuja.
Emenike said the collation of results from the remaining states would now resume at 8 p.m. on Wednesday.
According to him, the decision became necessary to enable Muslim members of the party participate fully in Sallah activities, while also giving enough time for some returning officers delayed by flight challenges to arrive in Abuja.
“We are postponing the collation to allow our brothers and sisters celebrating Sallah to participate in the religious activity and to enable returning officers who had flight challenges to arrive Abuja later today,” Emenike said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that results from 24 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) had already been announced before the postponement, leaving results from 12 states outstanding.
States whose results had been declared include Borno, Kebbi, Anambra, Abia, Ekiti, Ondo, Gombe, Oyo, Imo, Yobe, Nasarawa, Enugu, Benue, Osun, Adamawa and Kogi.
Others are Kano, Akwa Ibom, Ebonyi, Niger, Plateau, Sokoto, Taraba, Zamfara and the FCT.
