Re-run gov election: Ganduje, Ortom, Lalong in do or die battle vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
The states are Kano, Sokoto, Bauchi, Plateau, Benue and Adamawa. INEC had fixed today for the supplementary elections in the affected states excluding Adamawa following court injunctions.
Speaking on the issue, a former Deputy Governor of the State, Dame Pauline Tallen told journalists at her house in Shendam local government area that she had to personally inquire from the Mai Angwas the reason for the apathy and they told her that “there has not been water supply in Shendam for a long time, women went in search of water for house chores.”
His words, “The 2019 elections provided Nigerians the chance to make an impact through their votes, but as the 2019 general elections gathered momentum; an air of uncertainty ominously hung in the air, the discerning electorate were still looking forward to issue-based campaigns as is the practice in advanced climes.
According to him, “Prior to the polls, there were incidents of people induced with material things and money which cut across all political parties. There were alleged cases of people selling their PVCs for N10,000 while others were induced with packets of Maggi and salt, just to mention few.” Taking into consideration, the earlier results announced by INEC which saw the APC candidate, Governor Simon Lalong leading with 44,929 votes and the number of cancelled votes standing at 49,377, the PDP had more work to do to overturn the table but pundits doubt if such feat could be achieved going by the intensive manner the ruling party APC went about seeking the less than 4,000 votes needed to coast to victory.
“I salute the people of Plateau for their brave stance for democracy; I promised the people of Plateau that I would stand by them and protect their votes; I also cautioned that I would not accept rigging. Today, I still stand by my words; I cannot turn my back now when we are coasting home to victory. My candidature is aimed at restoring our lost glory as a people and state.
Already, there have been series of protests and counter protests in Bauchi. There were those who argued that PDP’s Bala Mohammed should be declared winner of the election, while others in support of the governor said they wanted Bauchi local government results cancelled over allegation of election malpractice.
Aside Tafawa Balewa result which is still pending in court, the cumulative cancelled votes from other local government areas stand at 22,759 while Bala Mohammed is already leading by 4,059 votes against the incumbent governor, Muhammed Abubakar. What followed was the exact opposite as the PDP candidate, Abba Kabir Yusuf emerged winner of the inconclusive election as he got 1,014,474 votes while the APC candidate had 987,810 votes. PDP candidate is therefore leading with a margin of 26,655
In a weekly radio chat, Sen Kwankwaso warned that Kano was not like other states that they could just enter and change result of elections. He said “whosoever does that will have Kano youths and patriots to contend with”. The police were also said to have arrested some individuals who were accused of buying PVCs from members of the public.
At the end of that election and collation of results, the Gubernatorial Returning Officer, Prof. Sabastine Maimako declared the election inconclusive on the premise that the margin of lead between the front runner Governor Samuel Ortom of PDP and his closest rival Mr. Emmanuel Jime of the APC which was 81,554 was less than 121,019 being the figure of registered voters in 204 Polling Units, PUs, in Wards where elections were either cancelled or did not hold.
Instructively, from the records of the last election in the state, local government areas that are expected to churn out large number of votes like Okpokwu, Konshisha, Vandeikya Guma, Gboko and Buruku are known strongholds the of PDP but the APC would certainly put up a fight to record a good showing in those areas.
“Look, irrespective of the political party the Benue man belongs, when it comes to the herdsmen killings the average Benue man is touched and he believes that Ortom has done well in that regard and should be compensated with a second term, that is the truth of the matter.
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