The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has put on hold the result collation of its presidential primary election held across the country on Monday.
Announcing the postponement in the late hours of Tuesday, the Chairman of the Presidential Primary Election Committee, Chief Ikechi Emenike, said the decision was to allow party members who are Muslims to celebrate Eid al-Kabir.
Emenike explained that collation for the remaining states would begin on Wednesday by 8pm
According to him, some returning officers had flight challenges.
“We are postponing the collation to allow our brothers and sisters celebrate Sallah participate in the religious activity and to enable returning officers who had flight challenges to arrive Abuja latter today,” Emenike stated.
Emenike further stated that Returning Officers of 24 states including the FCT have announced their results, remaining 12 states before the postponement.
He said that the states are Borno, Kebbi, Anambra, Abia, Ekiti, Ondo, Gombe, Oyo, Imo, Yobe, Nasarawa, Enugu, Benue, Osun, Adamawa and Kogi states.
Others are Kano, Akwa Ibom, Ebonyi , Niger, Plateau, Sokoto, Taraba Zamfara and the FCT.
