Nathaniel Zacchaeus, Abuja
The Coalition of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Accredited Observer Groups for Credible Election have urged the commission to review the Governorship Election results declared for Kaduna State.
The National Coordinator, Centre for Strategy Ethics and Values, Romans Azubuike, appealed in Abuja on Tuesday.
He spoke on behalf of the INEC-accredited observers, at a news conference.
Some of the other groups are, the Initiative for the Promotion of Civic Obligation and Sustainable Peace; Centre for Strategic and Conflict Resolution, and Intercontinental Leadership Initiative.
He said the INEC national headquarters should review the Kaduna Governorship Election results.
The observers noted, that the election went well in Kaduna State but that at the point of collation, the results were not tallying with what was uploaded to the INEC IReV portal.
The Returning officer of the Kaduna State governorship election, Prof Lawal Bilbis had declared the APC candidate, Uba Sani winner.
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Bilbis said Sani polled 730,002 to defeat his rival, Isah Ashiru, of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), who polled 719,196.
The breakdown of the results further showed that APC won in ten local governments of Zaria, Kaduna South, Kaduna North, Birnin Gwari, Giwa, Sabon Gari, Igabi, Ikara, Kauru, and Kubau while PDP won 13 local governments of Makarfi, Kachia, Chikun, Kagarko, Jaba, Jema’a, Kaura, Zango Kataf, Soba, Kudan, Chikun, Kaura, Sanga, and Lere.
However, the observers said, “We are calling on INEC to review the election results for the gubernatorial election in Kaduna State.
“The election was transparent until at the point of the coalition that things began to change.
“The process was transparent at the beginning but in Southern Kaduna, Birnin Gwari, and some other local governments the coalition should be reviewed because they couldn’t transfer the result to the INEC portal in real-time.
“So, we are using this opportunity to call on INEC to review the election results, particularly the gubernatorial election,” Azubuike added.
