The All Progressive Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Bauchi State, retired Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar has kicked against INEC’s results in the just concluded Bauchi state governorship election.
Abubakar made this known at a news conference he had in Bauchi on Monday night.
According to reports from News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday declared Sen. Bala Mohammed of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the election.
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The incumbent governor polled 525,280 votes to defeat his closest contender, APC’s Abubakar who garnered 432,272 votes.
Abubakar alleged that the election was clearly marred with several irregularities. He also maintained that it was obvious that he had won the election but he had been robbed of his mandate.
“Our preliminary interrogation of INEC e–platforms produced evidence of unprecedented manipulation of the results in total disregard of extant electoral laws and rules.
“It is clear to us that based on what we now know, I am the clear winner of this election.
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“How else can someone explain the results from Toro, Warji, Zaki, Alkaleri and Bauchi Local Government Areas, where violence led to the cancellation of results among others”.
According to him, the party will consult stakeholders and come up with a position on the election result.
While urging the people to remain calm, Abubakar thanked them for their support of the party and his candidature.
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