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The main opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded the outright cancellation of the presidential election results from Yobe, Zamfara, Nasaraw and Borno States, claiming the party has “evidence from the smart card reader accreditation data that what is being announced by INEC has been seriously tampered with and manipulated.”
PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar lost Yobe and Nasarawa states to incumbent president and candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Muhammadu Buhari. The PDP alleges that APC in collaboration with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had rigged the elections.
“We demand the immediate and outright cancellation of Presidential election results in Yobe, Zamfara, Nasarawa and Borno states as submitted by INEC presiding officers and ask for the conduct of fresh elections in these states,” deputy director general of PDP Presidential Campaign Organization Tanimu Turaki said in a statement.
“The PDP predicates its demand on available evidence to the effect that data from the card readers are being reconfigured to suit the manipulations, rigging and over-voting already carried out during the election in some states by the APC,” Turaki said.
PDP explained that “In Yobe, the total number of votes submitted as the cast was more than the number of accredited voters. Whereas the number of accredited voters was 601, 056, the total votes cast was 775, 449.” Turaki said the alleged case of over voting would have been tackled if the Electoral Act was given presidential ascent by Buhari.
PDP, however, maintained that from “the actual votes delivered at the polling units, which we all have, Nigerians clearly and unequivocally gave their mandate to Atiku Abubakar.” He said, “The PDP, therefore, demands the outright deletion of the results from Zamfara from INEC records and conduct of free, fair and credible Presidential election in Zamfara state.”
