The People’s Democratic Party
(PDP) in Kano State has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC) to cancel the re-run governorship election ongoing across the 28 local
government areas of the state, alleging that thugs have taken over the process.
The Acting Chairman of the party,
Rabiu Sulaiman-Bichi, made the call while addressing a news conference in Kano
on Saturday.
Bichi said there was need for the
commission to cancel the election as the process had completely been taken over
by armed political thugs.
“Today this charade called re-run
election was slated to hold in Kano and other states but unfortunately, what we
have in Kano is nothing but a sham.
“Reports reaching us since
yesterday indicated that thugs have allegedly been mobilised to take over all
the 208 polling units,”he said.
According to him, the thugs were
allegedly brought from Zamfara, Katsina, Kaduna, Plateau and other neighbouring
states and were “armed to the teeth” posing as voters in the polling units in
the localities.
The chairman alleged that the
thugs freely voted with the PVCs that did not belong to them, while some posed
as INEC staff.
He said as a peace-loving party,
the PDP had alerted security agencies in addition to writing a Letter of
Caution to the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state on the situation.
(NAN)
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