The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday accused Governors Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State, Nasir el-Rufai of kaduna State, Abdullahi Ganduje of kano State, and Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State, of putting pressures on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to alter the results of the Saturday Presidential elections for the All Progressives Congress (APC). However, the PDP won the presidential election in Katsina State when the final result was announced on Monday.
The PDP, in a statement on Monday, complained that APC governors are desperately allegedly put pressures and threatening INEC officials to temper with the presidential results and transfer massive votes validly cast for the PDP and its Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to the APC and its Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
The statement read: “Our Party has been informed that this nefarious scheme by the APC governors is responsible for the stalling of collation of election results in Katsina, Kano, Kaduna, Zamfara and other APC States where the Presidential Candidate of the APC is alleged to have released over N11 billion per State to rig the election in his favour.
“This, our Party has been made aware, is responsible for the unexplained delay in the transmission of election results from the said States to INEC Server in Abuja and the commencement of formal announcement of results by the INEC Chairman.
“There are reports that the situation is heightening apprehensions and is capable of triggering a breakdown of Law and Order in these States if not immediately addressed and election results as cast at the Polling Units are transparently collated and transmitted to INEC Headquarters in Abuja.
“The PDP in the strongest terms demands that the Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu cautions the Commission’s officers in Kaduna, Kano, Katsina and Zamfara States not to tamper with the results of the election as cast at the Polling Units. The INEC Chairman should also direct the immediate transmission of the results to INEC Server.
“The APC governors must respect the Will of the people as expressed at the ballot as anything to the contrary will be firmly resisted by Nigerians.
The PDP continues to call on the public to be calm, remain at alert and use every means necessary within the ambit of the law to ensure that their Will is not subverted by the APC.”