PDP REJECTS DECLARED PRESIDENTIAL, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTION RESULTS IN BORNO

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Jutha Gupah, Maiduguri

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate; for Borno central senatorial district, Mohammed Abba-Aji has rejected INEC’s declared Presidential and National Assembly election results. The rejection, according to him, was based on All Progressive Congress (APC) leadership and some Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials to allegedly “manipulate the allocation” of election results to themselves. Addressing journalists on Sunday at his Maiduguri residence, Sen. Abba-Aji said that the collated election results; were however; manipulated by using fake ballot papers and ballot box snatching by hired thugs in Maiduguri metropolis. He said the electoral malpractices at Saturday’s polls, have violated the 2010 Electoral Act, as amended. His words: “We called you, gentlemen, to inform you that we the PDP candidates who contested in the just concluded Saturday elections; have rejected the entire process and the results of the manipulated elections in Maiduguri metropolis. “We have concrete evidences of electoral malpractices of allocating and manipulation of election results, ballot boxes snatching and intimidation of PDP by the ruling party, APC. “We are rejecting the results because, whatever is the outcome, it simply violated the laid down rules and regulations guiding the electoral system in the country. Continuing, he added: “As it is now, running into the early hours of Monday, none of the results have been announced as INEC which connived with the ruling APC are busy going round some polling units in the metropolis. “The entire metropolis is a PDP stronghold, where election results are being manipulated to change election results for Maiduguri Metropolitan Council (MMC) and Jere council. “There are also incidences of ballot boxes snatching in Dala ward and other places, elections that were conducted at units where PDP won with landslide victory were not officially announced as I addressed you today (Sunday) gentlemen.” He also lamented that election results were moved to ward before they were taken to designate Local Government Areas where manipulations by the APC is ongoing. On other councils of election results manipulations, he said: “Even in Gwoza Local Government Area; where there was an incidence of bomb blasts that prevented the entire voting process, APC leadership with INEC officials are currently on their way to Biu to submit concocted election results.” According to Abba-Aji; “In Mafa council, the total number of votes purportedly been announced in favour of APC at the polling unit, is more than the total number of registered voters. “We have alerted the Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state on phone, but he told us that he was on the field and that when he came back he will call us for next line of action.” He warned that anything contrary to that, PDP has option than to seek redress for cancellation of the results in the Court of Law. He urged the teeming supporters of the party to remain calm, as they await the next step to take against the alleged allocation and manipulation of election results in Borno. Other PDP candidates that attended the Sunday news conference include five candidates for the House of Representatives from Ngala/Bama/ Kala/Balge federal constituency, Hajiya Fatima Saleh, Konduga/Mafa/Dikwa, Alibi Alkali Bukar, Jere Bukar Shuwa, Abadam/Kukawa/ Mobbar/Guzamala, Goni Bukar, among others.

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