- Only 23.5% of Results Uploaded So Far As Concerns Mount
Following delay on the part of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to upload election results on its official website–the IReV portal, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has demanded the chairman of the electoral commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu to immediately instruct the collation officers to upload the results.
Atiku made this known in a statement issued by his media aide, Paul Ibe.
In the statement, the presidential candidate said the immediate uploading of the results is necessary to checkmate some governors who are allegedly trying to compromise the results at the local government collation level.
“It will be a disservice to Nigerians and a negation to democracy for anyone to subvert the will of the people as freely expressed in their votes of yesterday,” Atiku said.
Also, Atiku called on Nigerians to be calm but vigilant to ensure that anti-democratic elements who are masquerading as progressives do not steal their mandate.
The New Diplomat had earlier reported that the failure to upload much of the polling unit results in Saturday’s presidential poll to the INEC IRev portal has been eliciting concerns and protests among Nigerians.
As of the time of this reporting, only results from 41,649 polling units representing 23.5% of the 176,846 polling units nationwide have been uploaded on INEC IReV portal as concerns continue to mount among the electorate.
