The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has formally opened the 2023 presidential election and National Assembly elections collation centre at the International Conference Centre in Abuja.
Declaring the Centre opened on Sunday afternoon at the International Conference Centre (ICC), Abuja hours after the election commenced and concluded in some polling units, the INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu said only the Commission is empowered to release election results.
He also acknowledged some of the challenges witnessed in some states seeing the Commission will look into all the cases.
Yakubu explained that a collation process is a four-step approach and every proceeding will be held in the open.
Meanwhile, the Centre has since adjourned till 6 pm later today.
The presidential and NASS elections were held simultaneously across the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory on Saturday.
The collation of results was still at various stages, some at the registration areas, federal constituency, senatorial district and local government collation centres.
