http://www.newsportng.com.ng The opposition People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) Kaduna state chapter, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) to declare it’s candidate Rt. Hon. Isah Ashiru Kudan as the authentic winner of the Saturdays gubernatorial poll held in the state without any further delay.
The PDP Chairman, Kaduna state Hon. Hassan Hayet made the call during a press conference held in Kaduna on Monday, said information at the INEC Results’ Viewing Portal, (IREV) shown that their party won the election.
According to the chairman, the party has kept mum all these while because it’s only the commission that is saddled with the responsibility of announcing results, meanwhile it is pertinent to inform them that any attempt to rigged the result will be vehemently resisted.
He reiterated that their candidate, Isah Ashiru is the authentic winner of the election based on the data available to them.
In the same vein, the Former Lawmaker who represented Kaduna Central in the 8th Assembly, Senator shehu Sani, who also addressed the press at the event, said any attempt to announce any other candidate as winner of the election is a miscarriage of justice.
Shehu Sani stressed that “We don’t understand all these delay. They should declare the results for the interest of justice. All these break and recess is suspicious and as such must be allowed to prevail for the sake of our democracy.
“With what we have in the INEC portal, we won the election so they should go to their portal and declare the results rather than planning to announce the wrong results and imposed curfew so that people cannot be able to talk.
“We have doubt in their credibility because what is been announced so far, is different from what they have in their own portal so they should do the needful for the interest of peace, equity and justice.
The Lawmaker further reiterated that the PDP haven won the three Senatorial zone and majority in the House of Representatives in the state.
So far, INEC has announced 22 of 23LGAs in the state, leaving the ruling All Progressive Congress, (APC) with lead of over 11,000 votes against the opposition People’s Democratic Party, (PDP)
The INEC Returning Officer Kaduna state, Prof. Lawal Suleiman Bilbis, said it will reconvene 6pm later today to announce that of Kudan LGA, a local government of the PDP gubernatorial candidate, Isah Ashiru Kudan.
Bilbis said, report available to them claims that the LG collation center was invaded by thugs leaving the result sheet damaged.
He said the INEC officials are up and doing to copy and compiled the results available on the portal before the presentation proper.