Jalingo - The All Progressives Congress
(APC) candidate in the just-concluded
governorship election in Taraba, Sen.
Aisha Alhassan, has rejected the results
of the poll as announced by INEC on
Sunday.
Addresing a press conference in Jalingo
shortly after the announcement of the
results, Alhassan described the entire
elections process as a "daylight
robbery" and said the party 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.
She contended that results ascribed to
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.
Alhassan said all the complaints on the
irregularities and abuse of the election
guidelines were promptly reported to
INEC, but that no action was taken.
NAN reports that the INEC Returning
Officer for Taraba Prof. Kyari
Mohammed, who declared the results
on Sunday in Jalingo, said Ishaku
scored 369,318 votes to emerge
victorious.
He said Sen. Aisha Alhassan came
second with 275,984 votes, while Chief
David Kente of the Social Democratic
Party (SDP), polled 29, 966 votes
- NAN