ABDULLAHI ISAHI, Maiduguri
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Borno State has said it is compiling evidence to challenge the outcome of last Saturday’s Borno Central senatorial bye election, as it threatened to sue the All Progressive Congress (APC) over various acts of misconduct and irregularities during the poll.
Speaking to journalists at a press briefing in Maiduguri, Monday, the PDP candidate in the election Hon. Mohammed Kaka Bolori said; “we have evidence, video clips of policemen and INEC officials thumb printing inside the police station, where police beat up and arrested our agents.”
He said the bye-election was ‘incredible and full of manipulation of figures, as the results was quite different from the actual votes obtained at the Polling Units,’ stressing that the entire election was full of massive rigging, harassment, humiliation.’
Hon. Bolori stated that over hundred PDP agents were beaten up by security agencies and Civilian JTF thugs, as well as the use of money to induce the electorate, adding that the party has commenced the compilation of its fact and will challenge the matter in the court of law.
He wondered how the government of President Muhammad Buhari will conduct governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states ‘if government cannot conduct a free and fair election in one senatorial zone, despite President Buhari’s stand against corruption and fraud.’
“I thanked all the voters that voted for me and the party during the election that is not free, fair and full of massive rigging. INEC and security agents compromised the election. We intend to challenge the outcome of the election in court of law because the election lacked credibility and it is unreliable. The conduct of the election is full of harassments by the Civilian JTF and security agents beating up our polling agents and party officials “, Kaka Bolori said.
“A legal action will be instituted by our lawyer in court. All political party agents refused to sign the Results of INEC except APGA and APC agents this also was a pointer that the election wasn’t free and fair”, Kaka added.
“We have videos and pictures of PDP youths and agents being beaten up by over 40 Civilian JTF and APC thugs to present as evidence or exhibits before the Court for use to get back our stolen mandate giving by the people”, Bolori said.
