ADC postpones presidential primary results announcement

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has postponed the collation of results from its presidential primary election conducted across the country on Monday.

Announcing the postponement late Tuesday, Chairman of the Presidential Primary Election Committee, Chief Ikechi Emenike, said the decision was made to allow Muslim party members celebrate Eid-el-Kabir.

Emenike explained that collation for the remaining states would resume on Wednesday by 8 p.m.

According to him, some returning officers were unable to arrive in Abuja due to flight challenges.

“We are postponing the collation to allow our brothers and sisters celebrate Sallah and participate in the religious activities, as well as to enable returning officers who had flight challenges to arrive in Abuja later today,” Emenike stated.

He added that returning officers from 24 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) had already announced their results before the postponement, while results from the remaining states were still being awaited.

The states whose results had been announced include Borno, Kebbi, Anambra, Abia, Ekiti, Ondo, Gombe, Oyo, Imo, Yobe, Nasarawa, Enugu, Benue, Osun, Adamawa, Kogi, Kano, Akwa Ibom, Ebonyi, Niger, Plateau, Sokoto, Taraba, Zamfara, and the FCT.