Following the declaration of Plateau South senatorial election as inconclusive recently and the rescheduled rerun this Saturday, the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Barrister Kefas Dandam Peter, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to include the suspended five polling units in the zone.
Kefas said the inclusion of those polling units will ensure justice and fairness, adding that failure to do so will amount to disenfranchisement/denial of the people from exercising their constitutional right to vote.
The PDP candidate who addressed newsmen in Jos, Plateau state, said the reason why elections could not hold in the five polling units was either due to failure of card readers and violence which resulted to gun shots in different areas.
“The polling units excluded during the last Presidential and National Assembly elections are: two Killar Wards of Langtang North, one in Bolyah Langtang South, one in Baltip in Mikang local government area, and 1 in Kadarko district of Wase local government area.
“So, we wish to state categorically that failure to conduct this Saturday’s rerun in these areas amount to disenfranchisement of people from the affected areas, and which is infringement on their constitutional rights to vote,” he said.
