Senator Barnabas Gemade representing Benue North East district has called for the cancellation of the senatorial result from the area, alleging massive rigging.
But, his co-contestant, ex-governor Gabriel Suswam urged him to accept defeat in good faith.
Daily Trust reports that INEC had not yet declared the winner of the seat which the two are contesting for.
Gemade who is seeking a third term mandate on the platform of SDP, told newsmen at the INEC headquarters in Makurdi, yesterday, that he was at the commission to report noticeable problems which characterized the elections in his area.
He said Suswam’s PDP perpetuated electoral fraud in his area using all manner of miscreants to thumbprint ballot papers in five out of the seven local government areas which make up the district.
Gemade, therefore, asked INEC not to declare whatever “fake” result was brought to its office.
Suswam who also stormed INEC headquarters barely few minutes after Gemade left, said he came to ensure that his victory at the polls was not upturned just as he denied any election malpractice in the district.
“The honourable thing to do is to accept defeat. When he (Gemade) defeated me as a sitting governor in 2015, I accepted it in good faith. I didn’t even go to court. I expect that when the results are finally announced, he should congratulate the winner,” the former governor said.
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