The Kaduna State Governor-elect, Senator Uba Sani, has said he will challenge some election results where the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won with unimaginable margins.
The Governor-elect, who spoke with the Hausa Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation, (BBC), expressed surprise that the PDP won some local government areas (LGAs) with “bogus figures”.
Sani, who contested under the All Progressives Congress (APC), said he would go to the Elections Petition Tribunal to contest the PDP’s victory in those areas, adding that after the verdict, the margin of victory between him and the PDP candidate, Isa Ashiru, widen.
Recall that Sani was declared the winner by the Returning Officer for Kaduna State and Vice-Chancellor of the Usman Dan Fodio University, Sokoto, Prof. Lawal Bilbis, on Monday. According to the election results, Sani polled a total of 730,002 votes to defeat his closest rival, Ashiru, who polled 719,196 votes, with a difference of 10,806 votes.
The governor-elect, who said the elections were marred by irregularities in areas where the PDP won, gave the example of Chikun LGA, where the opposition got over 89,000 votes, describing the figures as unimaginable.
On the allegation that his election was rigged, the Governor-elect said such allegations is in the character of the Nigerian politician, adding that “God gives power to whomsoever He wants and when He wants”.
The Governor-elect expressed confidence that he would be victorious at the Elections Petition Tribunal where the opposition promised to challenge his victory, adding that he will also go to court to challenge the PDP’s “bogus victory” in some LGAs.
