INEC rejects election results in two states, gives reason

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has reportedly rejected the governorship election results in Abia and Enugu states over discrepancies.

According to reports, the electoral umpire says the result did not tally with the numbers of accredited voters.

Earlier, the collation of the governorship election results was suspended in Abia and Enugu over irregularities.

INEC disclosed that the development followed a disruption that affected the collation of results in the Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State.

Also, in Enugu, the collation of results was suspended in the Nkanu East and Nsukka local government areas of the state following allegations of irregularities by the candidates of the Labour Party and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The commission had further stated that the results in the affected local governments in the 2 states would be reviewed.

It rejection of results in the affected states is coming after reviewing the election results.

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