ABUJA – The Independent National Electoral Commission
INEC has urged residents of Kogi state and other
stakeholders to disregard results currently trending in the
social media in respect of the ongoing gubernatorial
elections in the state.
INEC said it is the only constitutionally-mandated body to
declare or announce such results, dissociating itself from the
authors.
In a tweet, the commission described the results as grossly
inaccurate and should be disregarded. “INEC wishes to state
that results of Kogi Governorship election being posted on
Social Media are inaccurate and should be disregarded”,
INEC tweeted.
It said official results will subsequently be announced and
the winner of the election declared by its returning officer.
Meanwhile, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps,
NSCDC has explained why it deployed hundreds of officers
and men of its armed squad for the elections, saying
intelligence reports had indicated that there could be
possible attacks on some critical public assets in thee state.
Acting Deputy Commandant General in charge of
Operations, Dr Nnamdi Nwinyi who is leading the operations
in the state, disclosed this in an interview with our
correspondent yesterday.
He said apart from the initial deployment of 5, 000
personnel, an additional 1,200 personnel of its specialized
units were deployed following receipt of the intelligence
report.
“We decided to deploy officers and men our armed squad
because we have identified many soft targets like the Geregu
Power Plant, the steel infrastructure and many others. Our
personnel were deployed in and around those assets to
stace off any untoward action from unscrupulous elements”,
he said.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/11/disregard-social-media-results-on-kogi-polls-inec-urges/

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ABUJA – The Independent National Electoral Commission
INEC has urged residents of Kogi state and other
stakeholders to disregard results currently trending in the
social media in respect of the ongoing gubernatorial
elections in the state.
INEC said it is the only constitutionally-mandated body to
declare or announce such results, dissociating itself from the
authors.
In a tweet, the commission described the results as grossly
inaccurate and should be disregarded. “INEC wishes to state
that results of Kogi Governorship election being posted on
Social Media are inaccurate and should be disregarded”,
INEC tweeted.
It said official results will subsequently be announced and
the winner of the election declared by its returning officer.
Meanwhile, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps,
NSCDC has explained why it deployed hundreds of officers
and men of its armed squad for the elections, saying
intelligence reports had indicated that there could be
possible attacks on some critical public assets in thee state.
Acting Deputy Commandant General in charge of
Operations, Dr Nnamdi Nwinyi who is leading the operations
in the state, disclosed this in an interview with our
correspondent yesterday.
He said apart from the initial deployment of 5, 000
personnel, an additional 1,200 personnel of its specialized
units were deployed following receipt of the intelligence
report.
“We decided to deploy officers and men our armed squad
because we have identified many soft targets like the Geregu
Power Plant, the steel infrastructure and many others. Our
personnel were deployed in and around those assets to
stace off any untoward action from unscrupulous elements”,
he said.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/11/disregard-social-media-results-on-kogi-polls-inec-urges/

FTC

ffg!

Apc comes to mind

Quite laughable when results by the electoral rules are declared at the units,wards and lga.
With a simple compilation of the results,one gets a picture of who is leading.
Who wants to wait 24hrs for a result when with a simple phone call to just about 1000 honest pple u can get an accurate,officially declared tally of results within 2hrs after close of voting.