Shehu Sani, senator representing
Kaduna central, says he was robbed of his mandate at the February 23 national
assembly election.
Sani contested the senatorial
seat under the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) but lost to Uba Sani, candidate
of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Uba polled 355,242 votes ahead of
the his 70,613 votes.
The lawmaker had emerged as
senator on the platform of the APC in 2015 but defected to PRP when he lost the
party’s senatorial ticket.
Speaking on Politics Today, a
Channels Television Programme, Sani said there were cases where ballot papers
were available for the presidential and house of representatives election, but
no ballot papers for the senate.
“I don’t think I lost that
election because you oddly lose an election when it is free, fair, and
credible,” Sani said.
“When it is a robbery, it is
either you are robbed, or you robbed, and in that case; I was robbed. There was
virtually no credible national assembly election in Kaduna.
“They stuffed ballots, they thumb
printed, there was over voting, and the card readers in many places never
worked.
“The story of Kaduna national
assembly election was not different from what happened in other places where it
was confirmed by the observers, and even other opposition parties, that the
elections in Kaduna, as far as the national assembly election, was simply
false.”
He also accused the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC) of conniving with the state government and
the ruling APC in the state.
However, he said there were video
clips and other evidence which his party would present to the election petition
tribunal in the bid to reclaim the mandate.
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