Anxiety As Nigerians Await Northern Results

As results continue trickling in following the completion of Saturday’s presidential and national assembly elections, there has been uneasy calm as Nigerians await results from states in the Northern part of the country.

As of the time of filing this report, only results from 34,999 polling units out of 176,846 polling units nationwide have been uploaded to the INEC result portal so far.

With uncertainty around the possible results from the North, there has been anxiety in different political camps as they continue to trade words over results flying around on social media.

Meanwhile, INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmoud Yakubu, on Sunday opened the national collation center with only results from Ekiti State being declared.

Meanwhile, amid the anxiety among Nigerians over the Northern results, the International Organisation for Peace Building and Social Justice, a non- governmental organisation, has urged Nigerians to conduct themselves peacefully as Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declares Presidential and National Assembly election results.

The organisation’s Executive Director, Mr Ishaya Durkwa, who briefed newsmen on Sunday evening, appealed to Nigerians not take actions that could cause violence of any kind in the country.

Durkwa said that Nigeria lost so many lives in different forms of crises in the last few years and must avoid anything that would endanger more lives.

The executive director advised those that might not be comfortable with the outcome of the elections to explore other alternatives rather than resort to violence.

Source: Nigerian Tribune

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