Following alleged taking over of 208 polling units by armed political thugs, said to be loyal to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kano state has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to cancel the supplementary governorship election ongoing across the 28 local government areas of the state.
Mr. Rabiu Sulaiman-Bichi, acting chairman of the party, made the call on Saturady while addressing journalists.
He said there was need for the commission to cancel the election as the process had completely been taken over by armed political thugs.
“Today this charade called re-run election was slated to hold in Kano and other states but unfortunately, what we have in Kano is nothing but a sham,” he said.
“Reports reaching us since yesterday indicated that thugs have allegedly been mobilised to take over all the 208 polling units,” Sulaiman-Bichi said.
The thugs were allegedly brought from Zamfara, Katsina, Kaduna, Plateau and other neighbouring states and were “armed to the teeth”, posing as voters in the polling units in the localities, the state PDP chairman added.
According to him, the thugs brazenly voted with permanent voter cards (PVCs) that did not belong to them, while some posed as INEC staff.
The PDP, he said, has alerted security agencies and INEC resident electoral commissioner over the situation.
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