Happening Now (Cnt'd): Jega Announces Results Of Election 2015 At Press Conference

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• 11:17 AM – INEC Official is explaining that Nigerians should bear with them concerning the delay in starting the process
• 11:18 AM – Jega is now apologizing for the delay as well.
• 11:22 PM – A protest is being staged as someone stands up to say they have lost confidence in the Jega led INEC process and says the INEC is selective.
• 11:39 PM – Jega is now responding to the protest
• 11:44 PM – Jega addresses both protest issues and the INEC Officials want to continue the process.
• 11:46 PM – Ebonyi State is next and the collation officer takes the stageEbonyi State figures are: Registered Voters – 1,071,226
  Accredited Voters – 425,301
  Total Valid Votes – 363,888
  Rejected Votes – 29,449
  Total Votes Cast – 393,337
  Ebonyi State Party figures are:
  AA: 426
  ACPN: 1214
  AD: 1133
  ADC: 2704
  APA: 2452
  APC: 19,518
  CPP: 2345
  HOPE: 989
  KOWA: 913
  NCP: 1890
  PDP: 323,653 (Highest votes)
  PPN: 1168
  UDP: 624
  UPP:  4859 

·  12:26 PM – Figures for Gombe are – Registered Voters – 1,110,105, Accredited Voters – 515,828, Total Valid Votes – 460,599, Rejected Votes – 12,845, Total Votes Cast – 473,444,. Gombe State Party figures are:

AA: 104

ACPN: 192

AD: 169

ADC: 247

APA: 773

APC: 361,245 =(Highest votes)

CPP: 407

HOPE: 46

KOWA: 97

NCP: 227

PDP: 96,873

PPN: 157

UDP: 25

UPP:  37

·  12:28 PM – Cross-River State is next

·  12:37 PM – The figures for Cross River State are – Registered Voters – 1,144,288, Accredited Voters – 500,577, Rejected Votes – 15,392, Total Votes Cast – 465,906. Cross-River State Party figures are:

AA: 279

ACPN: 514

AD: 709

ADC: 749

APA: 532

APC: 28,368

CPP: 381

HOPE: 237

KOWA: 312

NCP: 930

PDP: 414,863 = (Highest votes)

PPN: 864

UDP: 289

UPP:  1487

·  12:39 PM – Rivers State is next

·  12:40 PM – An observation is made before the results are presented for Rivers State

·  12:42 PM – Jega responds to why the results for Rivers State will go on. He makes mention that the APC have made a request to cancel the results from Rivers State.

·  12:48 PM – The results will be presented for Rivers

·  1:00 PM – The collation officer (Prof. John Etu) has a problem reading the results and is assisted by the INEC official

·  1:02 PM – The results for Rivers State are – Registered Voters – 2,344,300, Accredited Voters – 1,643,409, Total Valid Votes – 1,565,461, Rejected Votes – 19,307, Total Votes Cast – 1,584,768. The Rivers State Party figures are:

AA: 1066

ACPN: 525

AD: 1104

ADC: 1031

APA: 513

APC: 69,238

CPP: 57

HOPE: 542

KOWA: 2274

NCP: 565

PDP: 1,487,075 = (Highest Votes)

PPN: 492

UDP: 303

UPP:  156

·  1:05 PM – Jega says two states are being processed at the Secretariat for their results to be projected. They are Benue and Adamawa. So we are taking a 30 minutes break to return by 1:30 PM for more updates.

• 2:21 PM – We have resumed.
• 2:21 PM – We would update this page with Adamawa State figures as soon as we confirm them.
• 2:25 PM – Adamawa State figures for APC is 374,701 and PDP is 251,664. More figures will be updated for other parties and voters figures.
• 2:26 PM – Zamfara State is next and the collation officer is on the stage
• 2:29 PM -Zamfara State figures are Registered Voters – 1,484,941, Accredited Voters – 875,049, Total Valid Votes – 761,022, Rejected Votes – 19,157, Total Votes Cast – 780,179. Zamfara State Party figures are:

AA: 125
ACPN: 238
AD: 290
ADC: 294
APA: 1310
APC: 612,202 = (Highest votes)
CPP: 655
HOPE: 14
KOWA: 122
NCP: 404
PDP: 144,833
PPN: 374
UDP: 93
UPP:  68

• 2:26 PM – Kebbi State is next and the collation officer is on the stage
• 2:41 PM – The results for Kebbi State are – Registered Voters – 1,457,763, Accredited Voters – 792,817, Total Valid Votes – 677,003, Rejected Votes – 38,119, Total Votes Cast – 715,122. Kebbi State Party figures are:

AA: 214
ACPN: 361
AD: 450
ADC: 472
APA: 2685
APC: 567,883= (Highest votes)
CPP: 1794
HOPE: 213
KOWA: 448
NCP: 519
PDP: 100,972
PPN: 547
UDP: 207
UPP:  238 
2:43 PM – Jega announces that two more states are still coming in. As a result, they will be taking a seating break to wait for the results. 
2: 56 PM – We resume and Benue State is next 
3:01 PM – The results for Benue State are – Registered Voters – 1,893,596, Accredited Voters – 754,634, Total Valid Votes – 683,264, Rejected Votes – 19,867, Total Votes Cast – 703,131. Benue State Party figures are:
AA: 315
ACPN: 1464
AD: 254
ADC: 539
APA: 945
APC: 373,961 (Highest votes)
CPP: 567
HOPE: 115
KOWA: 105
NCP: 683
PDP: 303,737
PPN: 439
UDP: 66
UPP:  74
3:05 PM – Bauchi State is next and the collation officer takes the stage 

3:13 PM – Bauchi State figures are – Registered Voters – 2,053,484, Accredited Voters – 1,094,069, Total Valid Votes – 1,020,338, Rejected Votes – 19,437, Total Votes Cast – 1,039,775. Bauchi State Party figures are: AA: 131
ACPN: 232
AD: 173
ADC:189
APA: 964
APC: 931,598 (Highest votes)
CPP: 391
HOPE: 46
KOWA: 128
NCP: 207
PDP: 86,085
PPN: 128
UDP: 29
UPP:  37
3:17 PM – Yobe State is next and the collation officer takes the stage 

3:23 PM – Yobe State results are – Registered Voters – 1,077,942, Accredited Voters – 520,127, Total Valid Votes – 473,796, Rejected Votes – 17,971, Total Votes Cast – 491,767. Yobe State Party figures are: AA: 101
ACPN: 164
AD: 213
ADC: 112
APA: 632
APC: 446,265 (Highest votes)
CPP: 329
HOPE: 67
KOWA: 104
NCP: 120
PDP: 25,526
PPN: 101
UDP: 30
UPP:  32

3:26 PM – Jega informs everyone that there are two more states and they are being processed. He informs everyone that they will restart in 10 minutes.
3:50 PM – We are now ready to resume
3:51 PM – Taraba State is next and the collation officer heads to the stage.
3:53 PM – The slide for Taraba State is not ready, so he is asked to step down
3:55 PM – Edo State is next and the collation officer takes the stage
3:59 PM – Edo State results are – Registered Voters –1,650,522, Accredited Voters –499,166, Total Valid Votes – 500,451, Rejected Votes– 22334, Total Votes Cast – 522,785. Edo State Party figures are:
AA: 159
ACPN: 1284
AD: 450
ADC: 512
APA: 709
APC: 208,469
CPP: 325
HOPE: 22
KOWA: 175
NCP: 516
PDP: 286,869 (Highest votes)
PPN: 729
UDP: 160
UPP: 72

4:04 PM – Taraba State is now ready and the collation officer takes the stage.
4:10 PM – Taraba State results are – Registered Voters –1,374,307, Accredited Voters –638,578, Total Valid Votes – 579,677, Rejected Votes  – 23,039, Total Votes Cast – 602,716. Taraba State Party figures are:
AA: 962
ACPN: 811
AD: 586
ADC: 320
APA: 1306
APC: 261,326
CPP: 1033
HOPE: 161
KOWA: 153
NCP: 876
PDP: 310,800 (Highest votes)
PPN: 680
UDP: 224
UPP:  439

4:10 PM – Jega says Sokoto State collation officer is in the room, but they will need to wait for his results from the Secretariat for a few minutes.
4:14 PM – Jega just confirmed that Delta State is also available and that it will be processed with Sokoto as well and delivered shortly.
4:14 PM – 3 more states to go including Sokoto, Delta and Borno States.
4:34 PM – We are back and ready to continue
4:40 PM – Waiting for Jega to begin this session.
4:53 PM – We are still waiting for this session to commence.
5:25 PM – Finally, we are ready to resume as Jega takes his seat and opens up this session
5:28 PM – Sokoto State is next and the collation officer takes the stage
5:35 PM – Sokoto State figures are – Registered Voters –1,663,127, Accredited Voters –988,899, Total Valid Votes – 834,259, Rejected Votes – 42,110, Total Votes Cast – 876,369. Sokoto State Party figures are:
AA: 249
ACPN: 535
AD: 714
ADC: 762
APA: 3482
APC: 671,926 (Highest votes)
CPP: 1894
HOPE: 283
KOWA: 475
NCP: 686
PDP: 152,199
PPN: 605
UDP: 269
UPP: 180

5:39 PM – Delta State is next
5:47 PM – Delta State figures are – Registered Voters –2,044,372, Accredited Voters –1,350,914, Total Valid Votes – 1,267,773, Rejected Votes – 17,075, Total Votes Cast – 1,284,848. Delta State Party figures are:
AA: 1473
ACPN: 916
AD: 735
ADC: 888
APA: 478
APC: 48,910
CPP: 813
HOPE: 166
KOWA: 311
NCP: 670
PDP: 1,211,405 (Highest votes)
PPN: 393
UDP: 354
UPP:  261

5:48 PM – One more state to go – Borno State.As announced by the collating officer for Borno state
AA - 145
ACPN - 243
AD - 392
ADC - 201
APA - 878
APC - 473,543 (Highest votes)
CPP - 310
HOPE - 88
KOWA - 158
NCP - 107
PDP - 25,640
PPN 143
UDP - 31
UPP - 41
Total valid votes - 501,920
Rejected votes - 13,088
Total votes cast - 515,008

Here is a wrap to the just concluded 2015 Presidential Elections. Mohammed Buhari seems to be emerging winner but in the time being, we await JEGA's final declarations, thank you!