PDP Demands Removal Of REC Over Alleged Attempt To Introduce More Polling Units

PDP Declares 7-Day Protest Over Guber Election Outcome In Nasarawa

165
Reach the right people at the right time with Nationnewslead. Try and advertise any kind of your business to users online today. Kindly contact us for your advert or publication @ Nationnewslead@gmail.com Call or Whatsapp: 08168544205, 07055577376, 09122592273

 

Protesters on Friday, called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to review the result of the Nasarawa State governorship election, as it declared a 7-day mass action.

The protesters under the auspices of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Stakeholders in Karu Local Government Area of the State also demanded the immediate removal of the state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC).

The leader of the Party in Karu, Chindo Allahyayi who accused INEC of being biased in the conduct of the governorship and House of Assembly election, urged the commission to return the mandate of the people.

He said: “We are embarking on seven days of protest to let the whole State and nation know that our candidate is the winner.

READ ALSO: Gov. Sule Wins Nasarawa Governorship Election

“Therefore, we are calling on the attention of INEC to immediately reverse its decision, to immediately return our candidate winner.

“We are calling to go back to the IReV portal to check all the results in all the polling units in the 13 LGA of Nasarawa State so that they will see in clear terms that Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate David Ombugadu won the March 18 governorship in Nasarawa State.

“We condemned in strong terms the rigging of the election because it will not give us healthy society,” Allahyayi said

On his part, the public relations officer of the Coalition for Ombugadu Campaign, urged the commission to reverse and review itself.

The protesters carried placards with inscriptions such as: #INEC We Say No To Manipulations, #INEC Keep Your Promise, International Communities Save Our Country Our Leaders Are Compromised, Protect Us From Manipulators, We Need Our Nation To Be Cleansed From Injustice And Manipulation, The Will And Rights Of The People Must Be Respected.

Recall INEC declared governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State the winner of the  State’s gubernatorial election.

Governor Sule polled 347,209 votes to defeat his closest rival, David Emmanuel Ombugadu of the Peoples Democratic Party, who scored 283,016 votes.


Reach the right people at the right time with Nationnewslead. Try and advertise any kind of your business to users online today. Kindly contact us for your advert or publication @ Nationnewslead@gmail.com Call or Whatsapp: 08168544205, 07055577376, 09122592273



Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *