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February 26, 2019
Press Conference
Loading ...The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) demands, in line with the commitment
to a transparent, free and fair election, an immediate halt to the
on-going collation of results by Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC), until data from the smart card reader accreditation
at the polling units are made available to all the parties in the
election.
The PDP predicates its demand on available evidence to the effect that
data from the card readers are being reconfigured to suit the
manipulations, rigging and over-voting already carried out during the
election in some states by the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Already the PDP National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus has communicated
this position of our party to the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu.
We have evidence from the smart card reader accreditation data that what
is being announced by INEC has been seriously tampered with and
manipulated.
In the meantime, we demand the immediate and outright cancellation of
Presidential election results in Yobe, Zamfara, Nasarawa and Borno
states as submitted by INEC presiding officers and ask for the conduct
of fresh elections in these states.
In Yobe, the total number of votes submitted as cast was more than the
number of accredited voters. Whereas the number of accredited voters was
601, 056, the total votes cast was 775, 449.
This is a clear case of over-voting which, by the provisions of the
Electoral Act, renders the election null and void. In such instance, the
law provides for another election on a day to be fixed by INEC.
In Zamfara state, no actual voting took place and there was no single
result sheet in any polling unit in the entire state. There was an
arrest in Shinkafi Local Government, where an APC member was caught
thump-printing ballot papers inside his house.
Results from the presiding officer from Zamfara were concocted and
allocated according to the wishes of the leadership of the APC and INEC.
The PDP therefore demands the outright deletion of the results from
Zamfara from INEC records and a conduct of free, fair and credible
Presidential election in Zamfara state.
Also in Borno state, there was no election but a figure writing exercise
and allocation of results according to the whims and caprices of the APC
leaders. We also demand the outright deletion of the results from Borno
from INEC records and a conduct of free, fair and credible Presidential
election in Borno state.
In Nasarawa, the PDP demands the immediate restoration of our over 157,
000 lawful and valid votes which were unlawfully and arbitrarily
cancelled by INEC and the announcement of the actual results from the
field.
Similarly, the PDP demands an immediate restoration of our over 79, 000
valid votes which were unlawfully cancelled by INEC in Kogi state and
the announcement of the authentic results inclusive of the restored
79,000 votes
In the FCT, the PDP demands the restoration of 27,000 valid votes
unlawfully and arbitrarily cancelled by INEC and a declaration of the
authentic result, inclusive of our restored 27,000 votes.
In Plateau, the PDP demands the immediate restoration of our over 30,000
lawful and valid votes, which were unlawfully cancelled particularly in
Jos North and the declaration of the genuine results as delivered at the
polling units inclusive of our 30,000 restored votes.
The PDP therefore calls on Nigerians to disregard the results until INEC
provides the data from the smart card reader accreditation at the
polling units, conducts fresh election in Borno, Yobe and Zamfara states
as well as restore our votes in Plateau, FCT, Kogi and Nasarawa states.
The PDP maintains that from the actual votes delivered at the polling
units, which we all have, Nigerians clearly and unequivocally gave their
mandate to Atiku Abubakar.
Barr. Tanimu Turaki SAN
Deputy Director General (Adm)
PDP Presidential Campaign Organization
