The All Progressives Congress candidate in the just-concluded governorship election in Taraba State, Senator Aisha Alhassan, has rejected the results of the poll announced by INEC on Sunday.
Addressing a press conference in Jalingo, shortly after the announcement of the results, Alhassan described the entire elections process as “daylight robbery” saying the party would challenge the results in the elections tribunal.
“The combined governorship elections in Taraba were characterised by violence, massive rigging, ballot-snatching and abuse of the card readers in substantial parts of the state by the PDP and their allies,” she said.
She contended that results ascribed to Wukari, Donga, Takum, Sardauna, Zing, Yorro, Kurmi and some parts of Ussa, Karim-Lamido, Bali, Ardo-Kola and Lau local government areas were not acceptable as they did not reflect the true results of the election in Taraba. Alhassan said all the complaints on the irregularities and abuse of the election guidelines were promptly reported to INEC, but that no action was taken.
Mama Taraba as she is popularly called held that results ascribed to Wukari, Donga, Takum, Sardauna, Zing, Yorro, Kurmi and some parts of Ussa, Karim-Lamido, Bali, Ardo-Kola and Lau local government areas were not acceptable as they did not reflect the true results of yesterday’s election in Taraba.
She alleged that all the complaints on the irregularities and abuse of the election guidelines were promptly reported to INEC, but that no action was taken.
Recall that the Returning Officer for Taraba State, Prof. Kyari Mohammed, who declared the results earlier on Sunday in Jalingo, announced that Peoples Democratic Party, PDP’s Darius Ishaku polled 369,318 votes to emerge victorious over Alhassan who came second with 275,984 votes.
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