Bauchi PDP Confident Over Votes Collation Resumption

THE Bauchi State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed confidence in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the directive to re-collate votes cast in Tafawa Balewa Local Government during the governorship election.

The party’s state chairman, Alhaji Hamza Akuyam said the step taken by INEC to correct the issues surrounding the electoral process has been set right by the Committee sent from Abuja to investigate the matter.

Akuyam said: “We raised an alarm over the issue of the hiked cancelled votes in Ningi Local Government, which was initially put at 25, 330 but was actually 2,533. They have upheld that. Also, we cried out that Tafawa Balewa Local Government result shouldn’t be cancelled, as there was no violence or disruption at the polling units and it has ordered resumption of collation on that. We believe in INEC”.

He, therefore, called for redeployment of the state’s Commissioner of Police, Ali Janga and DSS boss, as they were biased during the elections.

TPeoples Democratic Party (PDP), Lagos Central Senatorial Candidate, Chief Sunbo Onitiri has attributed voter apathy experienced during the governorship and State Assembly elections to loss of confidence in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He, therefore, called on INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu to honourably resign.

Onitiri, who disclosed this, yesterday, in Lagos, said with Yakubu, it’s an indisputable fact that Nigerians’ votes will count. He asked INEC to apologise to Nigerians for organising the most “fraudulent, compromised and scandalous” elections Nigeria ever had in the history of her democracy. He said: “INEC lost it all with the last Presidential and National Assembly elections, which made people to stay away from the Governorship and State Assembly elections. This is a clear indication of silent protest by Nigerian voters in the sanctity of the election and a loss of faith in INEC.”

He called on patriotic Nigerians to prevail on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently organise a National Referendum on the Democratic process.

“I wish to condemn the hounding and arbitrary harassment and arrests of the opposition, whereas members of the ruling party continue to violate the electoral laws with impunity and ignominy, “he