March 22, (THEWILL) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will on Wednesday evening, resume the collation of last Saturday’s Abia governorship election results.
INEC had on Monday, announced the suspension of the collation of the Abia governorship results after thugs invaded its offices in Obingwa Local Government Area on Sunday, March 19, 2023, and held officials collating election results hostage.
However, the Abia Head of Voter Education and Publicity of INEC, Mrs. Rebecca Jim, said the collation of results would resume this Wednesday
“The collation resumes by 4pm at the Commission’s Media centre,” she said.
Rebecca said the Presiding Officer and Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO), Professor Nnenna Oti; and the State Administrative Secretary, Clement Oha, who were invited to the INEC headquarters in Abuja, over the controversy from the Obingwa results, were on their way back to the State, to complete the process.
