An agent representing the All Progressive Party, Haruna Jatau, has objected to the results presented by the collation officer, Zubairu Mohammed, citing breaches in two polling units in Gudun Karya Ward, as collation resumes in Kuje Area Council on Sunday
According to Channels Tv, Jatau alleged that the voters in Zagabutu village exceeded the number of accredited voters, while in Huni village, voters were accredited manually instead of using the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System.
“The APC rejects the election results from Gudun Karya,” he said.
In response, the collation officer denied the allegations, stating that BVAS was used for accreditation across the ward.
Mohammed added that a polling officer in Huni had initially rewritten results under pressure from party loyalists, but that the figures were later corrected to reflect what BVAS captured.
The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner supervising the Kuje Area Council election, Abubakar Dambo, frowned at the cancellations on the result sheets but urged the APC representative to submit his complaint in writing to the commission.
A heavy security presence was observed at the INEC collation centre in Soka, Kuje, as officials, observers, monitors, party agents, and journalists gathered for the continuation of the process, which had been disrupted by hoodlums on Saturday.
Dambo earlier explained that the delay in announcing the Kuje chairmanship results was due to challenges in two wards, Central and Kabi.
Results from eight of the ten wards had already been declared. He attributed the delay to a logistical error involving collation officers, noting, “The delay is because the collation officers went to the wrong place and had to return to the INEC office before heading back early this morning to complete the collation process.
“I am sure that by now they should be on their way back from Kabi ward.”
Kuje remains the only outstanding area council in the Federal Capital Territory, as results from the other five councils, Abuja Municipal, Bwari, Gwagwalada, Abaji, and Kwali, have been announced.
Joshua Ishaku of the APC won the Bwari Area Council chairmanship after polling 18,466 votes, while Christopher Maikalangu of the APC was declared the winner in AMAC with 40,295 votes.
In Gwagwalada, PDP candidate Mohammed Kasim emerged victorious with 22,165 votes, defeating APC’s Yahaya Shehu, who polled 17,788 votes.
Umar Abdullahi Abubakar of the APC won Abaji with 15,536 votes, while Nuhu Daniel of the APC secured Kwali with 17,032 votes.
PUNCH Online had reported that the APC National Chairman, Nentawe Yilwatda, on Sunday, congratulated party supporters and candidates following the elections, describing the results as a reflection of the party’s strength and unity.
