The Niger State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has rejected the entire results of the just concluded local government elections.
The part claimed that the election was marred by intimidation, violence and unlawful actions that contravene the Electoral Act.
The State Chairman of the party, Umar Ma’ali, made the disclosure at the party’s secretariat in Minna, Niger State capital on Wednesday.
Mr Ma’ali briefed reporters on the party’s stand on the councils polls generally.
He stated that there was no elections in the state, but allocation of votes to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) by the Niger State Independent Electoral Commission (NSIEC), while making an instance of Agwara, Rijau, Mariga, Borgu and parts of Shiroro Local Government Areas.
Checkmate Impunity
The further alleged that Gurara and Tafa area where the PDP won, was turned by the APC in conjunction with the State Electoral Commission hence the Army were used to snatch ballot boxes, papers and thump printed to the benefit of the ruling party which he described as very embarrassing and unfortunate.
Mr Ma’ali further accused the NSIEC, for recruiting APC card carrying members as ad-hoc staff for the conduct of the local government elections, claiming that it was a deliberate effort by the Commission to rig the election in favour of the government.
The Chairman revealed that the party was articulating all the complaints from various local government areas by its legal team before taking legal action against the APC, NSIEC and the State Government for their inability to conduct free, fair, credible and acceptable election in the state.
The Deputy Chairman of the party, Mr Tanko Beji, in his remarks, said that PDP would surely checkmate the impunity of the APC in the state.
Mr Benji explained that the role of the military during the election was an arbitration of the system just as his party kept calm before, during and after the elections.
