Yahaya Shiko, an agent of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during
the 2019 presidential election, has alleged that in Kaduna, the results of the
poll were doctored to favour President Muhammadu Buhari.
Shiko, who served as the
collation agent for PDP in Kaduna south local government of Kaduna state, made
the claim at the tribunal on Thursday.
He said the results were doctored
in his presence.
PDP and Atiku Abubakar, its
presidential candidate, are challenging the victory of Buhari in the February
23, 2019 presidential election.
Serving as the 20th petitioners’
witness, Shiko said the election in his area was marred by over-voting and
allocation of figures to parties.
Under cross-examination by
Charles Edosomwan, counsel of the All Progressives Congress (APC), he said his
account of irregularities during the election in his area was based on the
reports he received from polling units agents and those he personally
witnessed.
“My statement was based on the
reports I received from the polling unit agents and what I saw on the result
sheets which were forwarded to the local government collation centre,” he said.
“There were cases of overvoting,
and allocation of figures. These were what were carried to the Local Government
collation centre. In my presence, the results were doctored.”
While responding to questions
from Yunus Usman, counsel of the Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC), Shiko said “figures were wrongly credited to the APC.”
“At the collation centre, I made
complaints when the results were announced and I protested by refusing to
append my signature to the result sheets,” he said.
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