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The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has widened its lead in the just concluded Kaduna Local council elections, winning Sabon Gari and Igabi local government areas.
The returning officer for Sabon Gari local government, Dr Micah Victor announced Mohammed Ibrahim Usman of the APC as winner.
Usman won with 20,576 votes against PDP’s Suleiman Ibrahim Gambo who got 9,580 votes.
Similarly, Prof. Ahmed Babajo Kofa , returning officer for Igabi local government announced that Jabir Khamis of the APC was returned elected chairman of the local government.
Khamis won with 47,630, against Abubakar Abubakar of the PDP Who got 2,449 votes.
Meanwhile, detail results for Kaduna South and Sanga Local government areas are being awaited.
However, the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has cried foul of results released so far, stressing the Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission (KADSIECOM) has altered results in favour the APC.
“We reject the highly provocative, fraudulent and completely indefensible alterations of the final results and declaration of the @OfficialAPCNg as winner in areas clearly won by the @OfficialPDPNig in the Kaduna state local council elections held on Saturday.
“From the reports of results at the polling centers, it is clear that the @OfficialPDPNig defeated the @OfficialAPCNg in most of the areas where elections held across the state, including Governor @elrufai’s ward where the PDP led with over 90% percent of the votes cast.
“The results of the election is a clear testimony of our popularity in Kaduna state. As such, we reject the fraud by Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission (KADSIECOM) in altering the results in favour of the failed @OfficialAPCNg.
“It is totally intolerable for KADSIECOM, working in cahoots with the discredited @OfficialAPCNg, to engage in the manipulation of the collation process by changing the figures and announcing final results that are different from figures tallied at the polling centers.
“Such daylight robbery by the @OfficialAPCNg in Kaduna State is absolutely unacceptable, particularly, given the precarious security situation in the state.
“Consequently, we caution KADSIECOM, to save the state from avoidable stress by resisting the APC, withdrawing all altered final results and announce only results that reflect the actual wishes of the people as expressed in the ballot,” the PDP stated.