The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Sokoto state has rejected the declaration of Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal as winner of the governorship election in the state.
Briefing newsmen on Sunday, the Publicity Secretary of the party, Sambo Bello Danchadi, said they were rejecting the result on ground that the margin of 342 votes was far less in number than the registered voters in polling units where election were not held which contravened the electoral law.
Danchadi said that they complained to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on outright rigging allegedly perpetrated by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) but it went ahead to make the declaration.
They alleged that potential voters were denied the opportunity to cast their votes in some polling units within the number of local government areas.
“We also laid complaints that elections were conducted twice in some polling units and the figures of the two elections were added up as one election,” he said.
“We have also drawn the attention of INEC to a number of polling units that were cancelled as a result of violent attacks while others were arbitrarily cancelled to please certain political party interests,” he alleged.
He averred that “in view of the foregoing, we as a political party deem it necessary to express our disagreement with the action taken by INEC to declare a winner without giving us fair hearing.
The party however, vowed to explore all avenues within the law to protect and defend their votes as expressed in favour of our party in the Governorship election.
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