The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has postponed the collation of its presidential primary election results.
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-el-Kabir.
Emenike said collation for the remaining states would commence at about 8 p.m on Wednesday, explaining that some returning officers to the affected had flights challenges to Abuja.
“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.
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Results from 24 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) had already been announced by various state returning officers, remaining 12 states before the postponement.
The states include Borno, Kebbi, Anambra, Abia, Ekiti, Ondo, Gombe, Oyo, Imo, Yobe, Nasarawa, Enugu, Benue, Osun, Adamawa, and Kogi.
Others are Kano, Akwa Ibom, Ebonyi , Niger, Plateau, Sokoto, Taraba, Zamfara, and the FCT.
