APC gives INEC 7 days to declare Kano guber election inconclusive

Dokko Ibrahim, on Monday declared Yusuf as a winner with 1,019,602 votes, while the APC candidate, Dr Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna polled 890,705 votes.

However, the party, at a press conference in Kano yesterday, disputed the election outcome and gave the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) seven days to review the result and declare the election in conclusive.

Speaking on behalf of the APC Chairman in the state, legal adviser of the party, Abdul Adamu Fagge, said the election should have been declared inconclusive because the cancelled votes, which are more than 270,000 is higher than the 128,897 margin between the winner and runner up.

The party then hinged its argument to the cancellation of sixteen House of Assembly elections in the state due to violence and over-voting as the reason, adding that “while the same votes were considered in collating the governorship election ‘, as the two elections took place same day, same time, same places and under the same circumstances.”

Fagge Esq said, “based on section 65 of the Electoral Laws 2022, we have written to INEC to revisit and cancel the hasty, wrong and selfish declaration of the NNPP as winner of the elections, and declared the conduct inconclusive”.

In his remarks, Gawuna, who is the Deputy Governor of the state, admitted that power comes from God, but that would not stop the party from following legal process to challenge the outcome of the hard-fought election.

According to him, even though he had said severally during his campaign that he would accept whatever God has destined to him in the election, but it is expedient for him to follow the any legal means to challenge attempt to subvert the people’s mandate.

Imo guber: I won’t step down for Emeka Ihedioha, PDP National Scribe vows

By Lateef Ibrahim Abuja

National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Sam

Anyamwu has ruled out the possibility of consensus ahead of the Imo state governorship election scheduled to hold on 11th November, 2023.

Anyanwu specifically said that the erstwhile Governor of the State and another aspirant, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha has no option than to step down for him, as the people of the state want a new blood Answering questions from journalists after undergoing screening before the Senator Gabriel Suswamled PDP screening committee for Imo state Governorship election, Senator Anyamwu pointed out that the people of Imo are already agitating for a new person that will give them sense of belonging.

The two aspirants (Anyanwu and Ihedioha) who are currently jostling for the governorship ticket of the party were screened for the Imo State Governorship Primary Election at the party’s national secretariat, Wadata, Abuja.

According to Anyanwu, “Yes, I have been screened, it’s almost took a bow and go , because I have passed through different screenings, before becoming national secretary, I have served in different capacity. I have been a two term local government chairman, two term state house of Assembly member and a senator.and I also ran for governor with Emeka Ihedioha in 2019.

“So, I passed through the screening, even the screening panel said they don’t have an issues with me.

“Today (yesterday), I even let them know what they didn’t even know before about the issue of tax clearance. Tax clearance can be forged out there, but I told them to always demand for the receipt.

“We are only two in the Governorship race, Emeka Ihedioha and myself.

“On the possibility of consensus , the only consensus is when he steps down for me because he has done it three times. That is why Imo state people are agitating. And how can you give one person ticket for three times? So, this time, let new person go “, he declared.