The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Katsina State has rejected the outcome of Saturday’s governorship election in the state.
This was disclosed by Director General of the PDP Campaign Council in the state, Dr Mustapha Inuwa, at a press conference on Monday.
The press conference which was held in Katsina was attended by the party’s governorship candidate, Senator Yakubu Lado; the chairman of the campaign council, Senator Ibrahim Tsauri; and other state party leaders.
Speaking at the press conference Inuwa said,
“We reject the result of last Saturday’s governorship election in totality. The election was characterised by violence, financial inducements, intimidation of civil servants, and many other malpractices.
“We are heading for court to challenge the result. It is really sad that instead of allowing the electorate to freely elect their leaders, cases of malpractices, including intimidation of civil servants, financial inducement, thuggery, and violence were employed to twist the electorate’s choice. I know by the grace of God that we are going to win.”
“They added only a few thousand figures to our party that came first in the presidential election, to show that they are not smart at all”.
According to the results released by the Independent National Electoral Commission, Radda polled 859,892 votes across 34 local government areas to emerge the winner, Lado polled 486,260 to come second while Nura Khalid of the NNPP polled 8,263, and came third position.
