Can the media announce election results before INEC’s official declaration?, By Samson Itodo
Media organizations can share and aggregate officially announced election results from polling units as public information to promote transparency, but they must not present this as a final declaration of the winner. Until INEC makes an official declaration, no candidate can legally be regarded as having won, and all figures remain part of an ongoing results management process.
Pidgin: Media house dem fit share and gather election result wey dem don officially announce for polling unit as public info to help transparency, but dem no fit present am like say na final declaration of di winner. Until INEC do im official declaration, no candidate fit legally be di winner, and all di figures na part of di ongoing results management process.
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