NNPP Rejects Tsanyawa/Ghari Election,Says Result Unacceptable
By Abdullahi Yusuf
The Kano State chapter of the New Nigeria Peoples Party(NNPP) has rejected the election results of Tsanyawa/Ghari State Constituency, describing it as unacceptable.
A statement signed by the party’s Chairman,Hashimu Suleiman Dungurawa,said:”This is unacceptable and completely denying the electorates their rights to vote, after they came out massively and cast their votes largely for the NNPP Candidate.”
“As people are aware,the Ghari Local Government election was conducted peacefully at the ten polling units,but it was manipulated by some unpatriotic politicians who connived with INEC Officials and forced the declaration of the APC candidate as the winner.
“In ideal circumstances, elections are supposed to be declared at the collation Centre within the constituency, but INEC decided to make the declaration at its Headquarters in the state capital which gave room for the unpatriotic politicians to connive with INEC and cancel all the polling units in contention and reverted to the old election results that were challenged at the court and the court decided in favour of the NNPP; where it said election re-run should be conducted, hence, directed INEC to conduct the re-run in the ten polling units.
“The NNPP as a party will continue to fight injustice, favouratism, election manipulations against anybody who feels he can use the federal might to disenfranchise the good people of Kano State.
“Moreover, it is very important to know that all presiding officers at the Tsanyawa/Ghari polling units have already signed their election results at their respective collation centers, and only the presiding officers have the power to cancel elections not at the INEC Headquarters.
“Furthermore, credible elections have been held at Shanono/ Bagwai bye-elections and if not because the Shanono/Bagwai results were declared at collation centers, APC might attempt to change the narratives.
“Therefore, we appreciate the role of the constituents and other stakeholders, particularly the security agencies who provided enabling environment for very peaceful re-run and bye elections.
“We salute the courage of our people who stand with us to come out massively to vote for the NNPP candidates in all the re-run and bye-elections,” the NNPP added.