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Victory Oghene
The Benin City, Edo State headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was literally engulfed with tension in the early hours of Sunday, forcing INEC to postpone the final collation of results for the Edo State governorship election to 11 a.m.
INEC made the announcement in the early hours of Sunday at its headquarters in Benin, the Edo State capital, which also serves as the final collation
The announcement came shortly after the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki left the INEC office.
The Edo governor was at the INEC headquarters to protest the collation process, which he and his party alleged had been compromised against them.
Shortly after, the police asked journalists to vacate the building, as INEC announced that the collation would begin at 11 a.m.
Disruptions of collation of results were seen in Oredo, Ikpoba/Okha LGAs. There were also disruptions in the collation of results for Oredo and Ikpoba/Okha local government areas, after election observers and INEC officials were teargassed, Yiaga Africa reported.
