The All Progressive Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Bauchi State, retired Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has rejected the results of the state’s governorship election held on Saturday.
He stated this during a news conference in Bauchi on Monday night.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Sen. Bala Mohammed of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) the election winner on Monday.
The incumbent governor received 525,280 votes, defeating the APC’s Abubakar, who received 432,272 votes.
Abubakar alleged that the election was marred with indecency and rigging, adding that: “Our preliminary interrogation of INEC e–platforms produced evidence of unprecedented manipulation of the results in total disregard of extant electoral laws and rules.
“It is clear to us that based on what we now know, I am the clear winner of this election.
“How else can someone explain the results from Toro, Warji, Zaki, Alkaleri and Bauchi Local Government Areas, where violence led to cancellation of results among others”.
According to him, the party will consult stakeholders and come up with a position on the election result.
While urging the people to remain calm, Abubakar thanked them for their support to the party and his candidature. (NAN)