The Electoral Commission has indicated that as of 8:00 am Sunday, 8th December, 2024, the Commission had not received any results at the National Collation Centre. This was disclosed by the Director of Electoral Services during a press briefing at the National Collation Centre.

“For the information of the general public, as we speak, no results have been received at the National Collation Centre. And I repeat, no results have been received at the National Collation Centre,” the Director of Electoral Services, Mr. Benjamin Bano-Bioh told the media.

According to him, the feedback from the field is that the results are trickling into the Regional Collation Centres, hence the Commission’s inability to publish any results.

The delay, as explained by the commission, is mainly due to the disruption caused by supporters of the two main political parties whose leaders urged them to mass up at Constituency Collation Centres.

Unfortunately, the country witnessed overnight attacks on several Constituency Collation Centres, staff of the Commission, and destruction of election materials, including ballot boxes, ballot papers, and Biometric Verification Devices.

According to the commission, only two agents per candidate are allowed at the constituency and Regional Collation Centres. Amassing at Collation Centres and attacking election officials are a violation of the law.

The Commission charges political parties and their leaders to allow the staff of the Commission to perform their duties. This will ensure timely declaration of the final results.

The Commission, however, assures the public that as the Commission receives the results, region by region, they will be published.