Ekiti Gov Poll: INEC To Begin Collation Of Results At 1O PM

The Resident Electoral Commissioner for Ekiti State, Bunmi Omoseyindemi, has said collation of results from Saturday’s governorship election will begin at 10 pm.

Omoseyindemi disclosed this during Channels Television’s Ekiti election rundown programme, saying the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was already expecting results from local government areas across the state.

He said all arrangements had been made to ensure a smooth collation process.

“We are expecting the results and will start the collation process by 10 o’clock on the dot,” he said.

The announcement came as INEC continued uploading polling unit results to its Result Viewing Portal following the conclusion of voting, sorting and counting.

Addressing concerns over the pace of uploads, Omoseyindemi blamed the delay on poor network connectivity in some remote parts of the state.

He said, “We have areas where it is difficult to have network. Even in Ikere, people have to move out before they could get network, not to talk of some other areas. You know Ekiti is a very mountainous area and all these things affect network connectivity.”

The REC, however, assured stakeholders that all polling unit results would be uploaded once electoral officers reached areas with stable network coverage.

As of 9:30 pm, INEC had uploaded 2,128 results out of the expected 2,445 polling unit results, representing 83.07 per cent.

Voting ended in many polling units before 3 pm, after which officials began sorting and counting ballots across the state’s 16 local government areas.