PDPtakes early lead in Nasarawa localgovernment electionThe opposition party has won in four local government areas already.The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has taken an early lead in the local government elections in Nasarawa State, according to results declared so far by the state electoral commission.The Nasarawa State Independent Electoral Commission, NASIEC, said the opposition PDP has has already won in four local government areas.In Akwanga local government Area, Emmanuel Bakyu of the PDP was returned as Chairman elect.Mohammed Yusuf, the returning officer for the local government said that Amed Kwato of the All Progressives Congress, APC, got 11, 071 valid votes cast, while Emmanuel Bakyu of the PDP got 12, 207 votes.In Keffi local government, Mohammed ofthe PDP was returned winner after polling 9739 to defeat Dikko Mohammed of APC who got 9366.The result was declared by the returning officer, Ozegya Abu Egwa.The returning officer of Keana local government, Muazu Tukur, returned Haruna Shegba of PDP who polled 5014 while the candidate of APC Mustapha Eladoga got 2998.Also in Nasarawa Eggon, the PDP candidate Akolo Ahmed was returned chairman elect after polling 41620 and APC candidate Adamu Danladi got 27676.However, the state PDP chairman, Yunana Iliya, said from results so far compiled, PDP had won in about 11 local governments but that the results were not announced at the collation centres asdirected by NASIEC due to the sudden disappearance of the returning officers.He alleged that the state governor, Umaru Tanko Al-Makura had been making frantic efforts to put pressure on NASIEC to either withhold the result or cancel it.“Any move by him to announce any falsely-doctored figures will be met with requisite power of the people,” he said.“We are ready to address this illegality frontally, and to tell the people of this state and country, that we stand for democracy, but not this type of shameless display of political naivety.”But the state chairman of the Electoral body, Abdullahi Modibbo, last night vowed that any result not released at local government and ward headquarters as stipulated by the electoral act will not be accepted by the commission.The chairman who addressed party agents at the Abacha youth centre Lafia around 10.pm Sunday night, venue of thecollation for Lafia local government said that the commission will look into the complain of abscondment of returning officer’s.He cursed those who want to sabotage his efforts and plead with the agents to give him time as he sort things out.There had been tension over the disappearance of some returning officersafter the election. Local government areas listed include Doma, Nasarawa andKeffi.
Posted on: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 19:11:13 +0000
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