Barely hours after INEC Returning Officer for
Taraba governorship election, Kyari Mohammed,
declared Darius Ishaku of the PDP as the winner
of the guber poll, reports just coming in inform
that the candidate of the APC, Aisha Alhassan,
has rejected the results of the poll.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, Mrs
Alhassan, popularly called ‘Mama Taraba’, while
addressing a press conference in Jalingo shortly
after the announcement of the results, described the
entire elections process as “daylight robbery.”

The report stated that Mrs Alhassan opined that the
APC would challenge the results in the elections
petitions tribunal.

“The combined governorship elections in Taraba
were characterised by violence, massive rigging,
ballot snatching and abuse of the card readers in
substantial parts of the state by the PDP and their
allies,” she said.

The results of Wukari, Donga, Takum, Sardauna,
Zing, Yorro, Kurmi and some parts of Ussa, Karim-
Lamido, Bali, Ardo-Kola and Lau local government
areas were not acceptable as they did not reflect the
true results of the election in Taraba, Mama Taraba
added.

Mrs. Alhassan said all the complaints on the
irregularities and abuse of the election guidelines
were promptly reported to INEC, but no action was
taken.

Meanwhile, Mohammed, who declared the results
on Sunday in Jalingo, said Darius Ishaku scored
369,318 votes to emerge victorious.

He said Mr. Alhassan came second with 275,984
votes, while David Kente of the Social Democratic
Party polled 29, 966 votes.

Many political watchers had hoped Mrs. Alhassan
would have been the first elected female state
governor in Nigeria.

Danhumprey:
PDP and rigging. Smh. Desperate for power at all cost.


But the APC sef. They should learn to accept some decisions in good faith and quit whining.