About 48 hours after
Nigerians voted in the presidential election, the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) will today commence the final announcement the
results.
Millions of Nigerians on
Saturday went to the polls to elect a president who will lead Africa’s most
populous country for the next four years.
The voters also elected
federal lawmakers who will represent them at the National Assembly for the next
four years.
There are 73 presidential
candidates on the ballot, but the contest is between incumbent President
Muhammadu Buhari of the APC and Atiku Abubakar of the PDP.
The INEC chairman, Mahmoud
Yakubu, on Sunday opened the final result coalition centre. He, however,
announced the postponement of the announcement of results to Monday.
The chief collation
officers from the 36 states and Abuja are expected to present their state’s
results in Abuja.
Already, some of the
results have been announced in states across Nigeria.
According to the electoral
commission, INEC, a total of 72.8 million (72,775,585) are eligible to vote in
the elections having collected their permanent voters’ cards (PVCs).
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