This move, according to the party, aims to prevent any manipulation or alteration by the opposition party.

The INEC presiding officer at the said polling unit allocated unearned votes to the rival All Progressives Congress (APC), which it claimed resulted in the overall tally of votes surpassing the number of accredited votes.

Oredo is the LGA of Olumide Akpata, the candidate of the Labour Party in the election.

Mr Ologunagba said that the PDP has alerted INEC and the military to resist APC pressure and ensure the integrity of the results.

APC notes that there are fake result sheets in circulation with bogus figures of vote tallies purportedly from Saturday's governorship election in Edo State,

While Mr Obaseki was meeting with the police chief and INEC officials, Dennis Idahosa, the APC deputy governorship candidate, led another group of protesters to the INEC headquarters

While Mr Obaseki was meeting with the police chief and INEC officials, Dennis Idahosa, the APC deputy governorship candidate, led another group of protesters to the INEC headquarters

Speaking to News Central Television on Sunday morning, Mr Omo-ojo said there are insinuations that Mr Obaseki’s visit was to compromise the INEC officials.

The development came amidst tensions generated by Governor Godwin Obaseki’s visit to the INEC office in Benin City early Sunday morning.

The electoral commission spoke in a statement by its Mohammed Haruna, the National Commissioner and Member Information and Voter Education Committee on Sunday.

Final collation of results had yet to commence as of the time of filing this report.

Governor Obaseki said he got reports from PDP agents that they were not allowed to participate in the collation process.

INEC says it received report from its Resident Electoral Commissioner of a threat to its office in Okpoba Okha on Saturday.

The coalition highlighted various disturbances that occurred during the collation process.

PREMIUM TIMES had earlier reported that APC was leading with 244,549 votes while PDP followed closely with 195,954 votes and LP polled 13,348.

The suspension, which took effect immediately, will last until 5 pm when collation is expected to resume.

Meanwhile, the PDP supporters in Edo have stormed the INEC headquarters in Benin City to protest the outcome of the election.