The Kebbi state chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) says the calls for declaration of the governorship election result in favour of the APC Governorship candidate, Dr. Nasiru Idris, is an affront to the powers of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Abubakar Gari-Malam, an All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart in the state, had called on the INEC to declare the governorship election results.
But the PDP in reaction to the call, in a statement by the Chairman of the state PDP Publicity Committee, Sani Dododo, said the call is “premature, baseless and contemptuous to the electoral process.”
The INEC Collation/Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Yusuf Sa’idu, had on March 20 declared the March 18 guber election as inconclusive.
“The PDP has dismissed the call by Abubakar Gari Malam, to declare the results of the inconclusive Kebbi State Gubernatorial elections, describing it as premature, baseless and contemptuous to the electoral process.
“The recent newspaper interview credited to Abubakar Malam calling on the INEC to declare APC gubernatorial candidate as duly returned is not only undemocratic but an attempt to undermine constitutional powers of INEC and call for anarchy in the state.”
While describing the act as unfortunate, desperate and overzealous attempt to grab power, Dododo assured that INEC had been very open before arriving at the decision to pronounce Kebbi governorship election as inconclusive.
“There is no iota of doubt that Abubakar Malam is having a sinister intent out of the uninformed declaration call,” he said.
He, however, appealed to all PDP loyalists as well as the general public to be calm and remain law abiding while awaiting formal announcement from INEC.
