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Fashola and Buhari.
Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola has directed all state employees to go to their various houses, government officials say.
The reason for the directive, which coincide with a press conference in which the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Attahiru Jega is expected to announce the winner of the 2015 presidential poll, remains unclear.
Nigerians voted for their next president over the weekend in an election were card readers and biometric voter cards were deployed for the first time to mitigate electoral fraud. The technology experienced 99% success, INEC boss said.
Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken the lead in most states on the country’s South West and North West, early results show.
The American and United Kingdom governments issued a warning to incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) not to rig the collation process of the elections.
The polls were largely believed to be free and fair, but the US-UK warned in a statement on Monday any government move to interfere in the critical collation process could trigger public unrest.
INEC chairman is currently addressing the media in Abuja as at the filing of this report. The APC said the electoral chief snubbed an invitation to Aso Rock from Jonathan to hold the presser.
