The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has postponed the collation of results for its presidential primary election to allow Muslim members of the party observe the Eid-el-Kabir celebrations.
Chairman of the Presidential Primary Election Committee, Chief Ikechi Emenike, announced the postponement late Tuesday, saying the exercise would now resume by 8 p.m. today.
According to Emenike, the decision was also influenced by travel difficulties experienced by some returning officers expected in Abuja.
“We are postponing the collation to allow our brothers and sisters celebrate Sallah and participate in the religious activities, as well as enable returning officers who had flight challenges to arrive in Abuja later today,” he stated.
Before the postponement, results from 24 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) had already been announced by state returning officers, leaving 12 states yet to be collated.
The states whose results have been announced include Borno, Kebbi, Anambra, Abia, Ekiti, Ondo, Gombe, Oyo, Imo, Yobe, Nasarawa, Enugu, Benue, Osun, Adamawa and Kogi.
Others are Kano, Akwa Ibom, Ebonyi, Niger, Plateau, Sokoto, Taraba, Zamfara and the FCT.
