The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kanam Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau has rejected the results of the local government elections held in the state on Saturday.
Professor Saleh Khanum, a prominent figure in the Khanum Party, denied the election results in an address to reporters in Denggi on Thursday.
He specifically said that elections in Khanum were marred by fraud.
Kanam, a former chairman of the district, pointed out that the APC won by a wide margin in the LGA in 14 out of 20 wards from 95 per cent of the results tallied by the party’s agents.
Saleh called on the Plateau Independent Electoral Commission (PLASIEC) to properly tabulate the results, claiming that election officials had disappeared with the results.
“The voting was peaceful and the people turned out in droves to vote for the candidates.
In Kanam, APC candidates won an overwhelming 95% of the elections. We won in 14 out of 20 wards.
“All the returning employees of this municipality have fled from the district collation centre,” he claimed.
Mr. Mohammed also expressed concern about the delay in announcing the results, noting that according to established practice, results should be announced taking into account minor territorial and logistical problems.
Also, Mr Kalam Idris (APC-Dengi Constituency) described the incident as a “miscarriage of justice”.
He explained that the local election results were far from what election judges had promised the people of the state.
Mr. Idris called on PLASIEC to take necessary steps by announcing the actual winners of the elections in Kanam and other local governments in the state.
However, the lawmaker called on the people to be peaceful and abide by the law.
However, the Union of Election Observers under the auspices of the Nigeria Network for Peace and Good Governance commended PLASIEC for successfully conducting the polls.
The group’s spokesperson James Shalom praised PLASIEC for ensuring a peaceful and transparent election process across the state.
He maintained that despite the initial difficulties faced, particularly delays in the arrival of election materials to some polling stations, the exercise was largely reliable.
