The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State and its gubernatorial candidate, Ovie Omo-Agege, have petitioned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the collation of results in the just concluded gubernatorial election in the state.
Mr. Godwin Anaughe, the director, election and strategy in the petition signed by him said the collation of results from the election were in breach and done without regard to the Electoral Act, 2022.
“Following the conduct and announcement of results, the Electoral Act makes provision for the collation of the announced results in order to determine the winner of the election,” the party said.
According to the APC, Section 64(4) of the Electoral Act says: “A collation Officer or returning officer at an election shall collate and announce the result of an election, subject to his or her verification and confirmation that the:
“The All Progressives Congress, in the course of this state collation exercise, has raised questions as to the correctness of the votes stated in the collated results being produced from many of the local government areas before the returning officer as it is contemplated under section 64(6) of the Electoral Act, 2022”
The APC said; “For the avoidance of doubt, without prejudice to the correctness of any collated result, as may arise from any inquest, the APC has disputed and is still disputing before this collation body, the correctness of the collated results from all polling units” in the local government areas of the state.”
In Delta North Senatorial District, all the nine councils were listed. They are Aniocha North, Aniocha South, Ika North East, Ika South, Oshimili North, Oshimili South, Ukwani, Ndokwa East and Ndokwa West.
The areas listed in Delta South Senatorial District are Bomadi (Only Wards 07, 08 and 09, that is, Akugbene 1, Akugbene 2 and Akugbene 3), Burutu, Patani, Warri North, Warri South West, Warri South and Isoko North.
