Elections Results to be Announced after 48 hours
The Independent National Electoral Commission has disclosed that the results of the presidential elections will be announced within 48 hours after voting.
The chairman of the commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega said this on Friday, during a joint press briefing with the Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brig. Gen. Johnson Olawumi.
He said that the commission was determined to make the elections credible and that the use of the Permanent Voter Cards and the card readers will make that easier.
He also denied allegations that he was working with the All Progressives Congress, saying that the card reader actually has no master key but a security chip which can only be breached when the card is cut.
He said: “There is no controversy whether people should vote and go or stay. People should remain to know who wins in their polling unit as long as they remain calm. The statement of the IG is only advisory.”
Prof Jega also revealed that the elections will take place in all the 119,973 polling units across the country even as he added that there is no polling unit with more than 750 voters because where that occurs they should be broken into voting points.