Kaduna: 'This is Daylight Robbery', PDP Rejects Kaduna Council Election Result | CNR
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| Uche Secondus, PDP National Chairman speaking at an event |
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has rejected the result of the Saturday local council election in Kaduna State as announced by the State Independent Electoral Commission.
The Party described the outcome of the election as highly provocative, fraudulent and completely indefensible
In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan on Sunday, PDP accused the electoral body of alteration of final results and declaration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner in areas clearly won by the PDP in the Kaduna state local council elections held on Saturday.
"From the reports of results at the polling centers, it is clear that the PDP defeated the APC in most of the areas where elections held across the state, including Governor Nasir el-Rufai’s ward where the PDP led with over 90% percent of the votes cast.
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"The result of this election is a clear testimony of our popularity in the state. As such, PDP rejects the fraud by Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission (KADSIECOM) in altering the results in favour of APC.
It said that I was intolerable for "KADSIECOM, working in cahoots with the discredited APC, to engage in the manipulation of the collation process by changing the figures and announcing final results that are different from figures tallied at the polling centers".
While noting that the action of KADSIECOM and APC amount to daylight robbery, the party said it has sufficient evidence to prove that senior electoral officers were taken to undisclosed location by agents of the state government.
"Such daylight robbery by the APC is absolutely unacceptable, particularly, given the precarious security situation in the state.
"We have preponderance of instances where final electoral officers were whisked away to unknown destinations by agents of Kaduna state government, aided by security agencies, while fake results are being announced in favour of the APC.
"The result of this election is a clear testimony of our popularity in the state. As such, PDP rejects the fraud by Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission (KADSIECOM) in altering the results in favour of APC.
It said that I was intolerable for "KADSIECOM, working in cahoots with the discredited APC, to engage in the manipulation of the collation process by changing the figures and announcing final results that are different from figures tallied at the polling centers".
While noting that the action of KADSIECOM and APC amount to daylight robbery, the party said it has sufficient evidence to prove that senior electoral officers were taken to undisclosed location by agents of the state government.
"Such daylight robbery by the APC is absolutely unacceptable, particularly, given the precarious security situation in the state.
"We have preponderance of instances where final electoral officers were whisked away to unknown destinations by agents of Kaduna state government, aided by security agencies, while fake results are being announced in favour of the APC.
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"For instance, while voters and party agents were still waiting for the return of electoral officer, Mr. Elisha Gandu at the Kajuru Local Government secretariat where results from polling centers show that the PDP won 9 out of the 10 wards, the Nagarta Radio was busy announcing APC as winner.
"This is the situation in most of the final results so far announced by the commission and we cannot accept such", the statement read.
"For instance, while voters and party agents were still waiting for the return of electoral officer, Mr. Elisha Gandu at the Kajuru Local Government secretariat where results from polling centers show that the PDP won 9 out of the 10 wards, the Nagarta Radio was busy announcing APC as winner.
"This is the situation in most of the final results so far announced by the commission and we cannot accept such", the statement read.
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