El-Rufai: Irregularities in Kaduna LG elections will be investigated
Governor Nasir elRufai of Kaduna State, yesterday, promised that alleged irregularities in Saturday’s local government election will be investigated.
He said steps would be taken to remedy them while the lessons derived would be used to improve on subsequent elections.
Speaking after the APC local government congress for Kaduna North Local Government Area held at Command Guest House, in Kaduna, the governor expressed happiness with the process of the LG polls.
He said despite “human factor” that affected some aspects of the election, the voting machine worked “perfectly.”
He said, “We have received reports of some electoral officers leaving their positions. The electronic voting machine worked very well but the human factors are always there. They will be investigated and we will learn from it. But what we are happy about is that the electronic voting machines worked perfectly. They also contained vital information that election riggers do not know about. We will investigate everything and we will take every step to remedy them,” he said.
Governor el-Rufai said the outcome of the local government election had clearly indicated that members of the APC remain united.
“Our Party is 100 per cent united ahead of 2019 elections. Our performance in the last local government election has shown that our party is united and one,” he said.
Meanwhile, the local government congress of the APC in Kaduna went smoothly as all the executives of the 23 local governments were returned through affirmation.
Chairman of the APC National Monitoring Committee to the state, Comrade Saleh Modibbo, said the congresses went on smoothly in all the local government areas in the state.