Members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Friday, declared a seven-day of protest to press home its demand to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to review the results of the Nasarawa State governorship election held on Saturday, March 18, 2023.
The protesters under the auspices of PDP Stakeholders in Karu local government area of Nasarawa State, also demanded the immediate removal of the State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC).
The leadership of the party in Karu LGA accused the INEC of being biased in the conduct of the State’s governorship and House of Assembly elections.
The protesters with placards bearing descriptions such as: “#INEC We Say No To Manipulations”; “#INEC Keep Your Promise”; “International Communities Save Our Country Our Leaders Are Compromised”; “Protect Us From Manipulators”; “We Need Our Nation To Be Cleansed From Injustice And Manipulation”, and The Will And Rights Of The People Must Be Respected,” also expressed displeasure with the outcome of the election.
Declaring the commencement of the seven-day protest at its Karu LGA Office, the leader of the group, Comr. Chindo Allahyayi, urged the Commission to return the mandate of the people to the right winner of the election.
According to him, “We are embarking on seven days of protest to let the whole state and nation know that our candidate is the winner.
“Therefore, we are calling on the attention of INEC to immediately reverse its decision, to immediately return the mandate to our candidate.
“We are calling to go back to the IReV portal to check all the results in all the polling units in the 13 LGAs of Nasarawa State so that they will see in clear terms that Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, David Ombugadu, won the March 18 governorship in Nasarawa State.
“We condemn in strong terms the rigging of the election because it will not give us healthy society,” Allahyayi said.
On his part, the public relations officer of the Coalition for Ombugadu Campaign, urged the Commission to reverse itself and review the exercise.
LEADERSHIP reports that INEC declared incumbent Governor Abdullahi Sule, who was the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of governorship election in Nasarawa State.
INEC state collation officer and returning officer, Prof Ishaya Tanko, made the declaration on Monday in Lafia at the Nasarawa State Collation Centre.
