INEC appeals to political parties, organizations to draw results only from the commission

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has appealed political parties and organization to draw their draw their scores only from the official results released by the commission.

INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, made the appeal during his open remark, noting that the collation of results would resume at 6pm today (26th February, 2023).

In his words: I appeal to all political parties and every other organizations to draw their feeders only from the official results  released by the commission, as the only body constitutionally responsible for releasing of results.”

Chairpersons of some electoral commissions-Liberia Niger, Benin, Tanzania, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Ghana and chairpersons of the various political party were present, including the Inspector General of Police, IGP  Usman Alkali.

“On behalf of INEC, I welcome you all to the formal opening of the 2023 presidential election results collation centre. As some of you are aware, the collation of presidential results in Nigeria is done at four levels. After the conclusion of voting, counting and recording of results is done at the various polling units,” Prof Yakubu said.

He noted that the results for each state of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) shall be presented by the State Election Officer for the Presidential Election (SCOPE)

Explaining how the collation of the results for the presidential election would be done, the INEC boss asserted that “after collating the results at state level, the SCOPE shall be accompanied to Abuja by the Resident Electoral Commissioner and security agencies.

“On arrival at the collation centre, the SCOPE shall be received by collation secretariat, which shall organize the sequence of presentation. The Returning Officer shall invite the SCOPE to the state collation officer for the presidential election, accompanied by the Resident Electoral Commissioner.

“As soon as any of the SCOPES arise, the process for the colaation will begin. Once the process begins, the collation centre will be open all day and all nights, subject only to short breaks, as maybe announced by the Returning Officer. Results of the SCOPE shall be shown on projectors mounted at the National Collation Centre.”

CHRONOLOGIES OF PAST PRESIDENTS AND HEADS OF STATE
S/N NAME PERIOD SERVED

1 ALHAJI ABUBAKAR TAFAWA BALEWA 1960 – 1966
2 CHIEF BENJAMIN NNAMDI AZIKIWE OCTOBER 1, 1963 – JANUARY 16, 1966
3 MAJOR GENERAL JOHNSON THOMAS UMUNNAKWE AGUIYI IRONSI JANUARY 16, 1966 – JULY 29, 1966
4 GENERAL YAKUBU GOWON AUGUST 1, 1966 – JULY 29, 1975
5 GENERAL MURTALA RAMAT MOHAMMED JULY 29, 1975 – FEBRUARY 13, 1976
6 GENERAL OLUSEGUN AREMU OKIKIOLA MATTHEW OBASANJO FEBRUARY 13, 1976 – OCTOBER 1, 1979
7 SHEHU USMAN ALIYU SHAGARI OCTOBER 1, 1979 – DECEMBER 31, 1983
8 MAJOR-GENERAL MUHAMMADU BUHARI DECEMBER 31, 1983 – AUGUST 27, 1985
9 GENERAL IBRAHIM BADAMASI BABANGIDA AUGUST 27, 1985 – AUGUST 27, 1993
10 CHIEF ERNEST ADEKUNLE OLADEINDE SHONEKAN AUGUST 26, 1993 – NOVEMBER 17, 1993
11 GENERAL SANI ABACHA NOVEMBER 17, 1993 – JUNE 8, 1998
12 GENERAL ABDULSALAMI ALHAJI ABUBAKAR JUNE 9, 1998 – MAY 29, 1999
13 GENERAL OLUSEGUN AREMU OKIKIOLA MATTHEW OBASANJO (RTD) MAY 29, 1999 – 29 MAY, 2007
14 UMARU MUSA YAR’ADUA 29 MAY, 2007 – 5 MAY, 2010
15 DR. GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN 6 MAY, 2010 – 29 MAY, 2015
16 MUHAMMADU BUHARI 29 MAY, 2015 – DATE