In response to a recent statement from the Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism (CCIJ) under the Freedom of Information Law, which stated that 1,578 polling units (PUs) had their votes canceled due to irregularities in the televised announcements, INEC Chairman Professor Mahmood Yakubu stated in a statement released by his Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr. Rotimi Oyekanmi, August 15, 2024, that the results of the 2023 Presidential Election, as presented by their State Returning Officers at the National Collation Center in Abuja, were legitimate and official.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
According to Vanguard, Rotimi Oyekanmi, the Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu said “It is important to note that the Returning Officers of the 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) are required to present their presidential election results individually to the Chief Returning Officer of the Federation for the presidential election, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, who is also the INEC Chairman. Party agents were subsequently allowed to make observations or raise objections after each announcement. The results of the 2023 presidential election presented by our 36 State Returning Officers and the Returning Officer for the FCT at the National Collation Centre, Abuja, are official and authentic.”
Mr. Rotimi Oyekanmi added that the just concluded Presidential Election was conducted in one hundred and seventy-six thousand six hundred and six Polling Units, spread across eight thousand nine hundred and nine wards in thirty-six States and the Federal Capital Territory. He also added that supplementary elections were also held in twenty-three States on 15th April 2023 for various reasons captured under Chapter eleven of the Report of the 2023 General Election.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
