The PDP, through its National Chairman, Uche Secondus, rejected the results being announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Abuja.The main opposition party claimed that the results were inflated in favour of the APC by INEC.
In a statement to DAILY POST on Monday evening by Festus Keyamo, SAN, the Director of Strategic Communication of the APC Campaign Organization, the ruling party said, “We have just read with great consternation the Press Statement of the National Chairman of PDP rejecting the results as being announced presently by INEC in Abuja.
“The simple questions we ask the PDP and Atiku’s Campaign team are as follows:
“How come the PDP is rejecting results that have not been fully and completely announced? How can one reject the result of an uncompleted game? The process of an election does not end until the final collation and announcement of results.
“Is the PDP rejecting the totality of the results nationwide? If yes, does it mean they also reject the results that would be announced later by INEC which may indicate that they have won in certain areas? Are they also rejecting the results already announced that indicate they won in some areas? For instance, are they rejecting the results of the FCT already announced in which they won?
“If indeed they are only rejecting areas where they lost, are they implying that it is only in areas where they won that can be adjudged free and fair and all areas where they lost must be adjudged rigged? Is that the mentality of true democrats?
“In the PDP statement, it is curious that they rejected the results as being announced, yet they claim they are coasting to victory. What kind of logic is that? What kind of confusion is now reigning in the minds of the top hierarchy of the PDP that they can spew such illogicality?
“It is now obvious that the top hierarchy of the PDP is hysterical and nervous. We urge them to calm down. Obviously, this is the first time they are sensing a massive loss of an election as opposition party. It is a new experience for them.
“They are confused and disoriented. For many years, they were used to manipulating the instruments of State to just write results and announce themselves as winners. As such they have a sense of entitlement to these instruments of State that they could not fully manipulate this time because President Muhammadu Buhari insisted on a level plain field for all.
“We advise the PDP that as opposition party for many years, we have been down this road before. This is not the time to sacrifice the country for personal ambition. If they feel they have lost (as their statement clearly indicates), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar must pick up his phone to make that famous call to President Muhammadu Buhari. The world is watching him and so are Nigerians.
“Finally, we urge INEC, Nigerians and our international friends not to be swayed by these infantile antics of the PDP. The process of collation and announcement that is on-going should be done to its logical conclusion after which anyone who is aggrieved should take full advantage of the provisions of the law.”
In a statement to DAILY POST on Monday evening by Festus Keyamo, SAN, the Director of Strategic Communication of the APC Campaign Organization, the ruling party said, “We have just read with great consternation the Press Statement of the National Chairman of PDP rejecting the results as being announced presently by INEC in Abuja.
“The simple questions we ask the PDP and Atiku’s Campaign team are as follows:
“How come the PDP is rejecting results that have not been fully and completely announced? How can one reject the result of an uncompleted game? The process of an election does not end until the final collation and announcement of results.
“Is the PDP rejecting the totality of the results nationwide? If yes, does it mean they also reject the results that would be announced later by INEC which may indicate that they have won in certain areas? Are they also rejecting the results already announced that indicate they won in some areas? For instance, are they rejecting the results of the FCT already announced in which they won?
“If indeed they are only rejecting areas where they lost, are they implying that it is only in areas where they won that can be adjudged free and fair and all areas where they lost must be adjudged rigged? Is that the mentality of true democrats?
“In the PDP statement, it is curious that they rejected the results as being announced, yet they claim they are coasting to victory. What kind of logic is that? What kind of confusion is now reigning in the minds of the top hierarchy of the PDP that they can spew such illogicality?
“It is now obvious that the top hierarchy of the PDP is hysterical and nervous. We urge them to calm down. Obviously, this is the first time they are sensing a massive loss of an election as opposition party. It is a new experience for them.
“They are confused and disoriented. For many years, they were used to manipulating the instruments of State to just write results and announce themselves as winners. As such they have a sense of entitlement to these instruments of State that they could not fully manipulate this time because President Muhammadu Buhari insisted on a level plain field for all.
“We advise the PDP that as opposition party for many years, we have been down this road before. This is not the time to sacrifice the country for personal ambition. If they feel they have lost (as their statement clearly indicates), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar must pick up his phone to make that famous call to President Muhammadu Buhari. The world is watching him and so are Nigerians.
“Finally, we urge INEC, Nigerians and our international friends not to be swayed by these infantile antics of the PDP. The process of collation and announcement that is on-going should be done to its logical conclusion after which anyone who is aggrieved should take full advantage of the provisions of the law.”
From dailypost
*Announcing of results should not take more than 24hours.....this is so wrong and I personally believe that the votes.....................*Never mind what i believe,it wont change anything*
This is so discouraging,its not even about APC or PDP,its the process that is wrong...why is Nigeria so backward?
Hmmmmm...
ReplyDeleteStreet urchins, popularly called Area Boys yesterday went on rampage at Oshodi and its environs in Lagos State, forcing traders to close shops and in the process destroying goods and vehicles belonging to residents. The hoodlums were targeting Igbo indigenes in the area.
DeleteThugs loyal to a chieftain of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) and the All Progressive Congress (APC), Musiliu Akinsanya, a.k.a M.C. Oluomo, led the onslaught.
I once said here couple of days ago and today I am still repeating, that this is where I draw the conclusion that Nigerians completely lack the right to choose their leaders.
ReplyDeleteIt's so unfortunate the way things are going on this nation. So many nonsense masquerading as excellence. Where are we actually heading to? What legacy is been laid for the future generation? Will posterity be proud of today's action? So shameful and pitiable.
Teejay, I remember the case of a young man from Kogi state that shot dead on the spot because he refused to vote APC !!!!!!! Nigeria as we know it is gone under buhari, the hunger, mass murders, starvation, ethnic cleansing that will take place in the next 4 years under buhari will be unprecedented !!!!!! All Nigeria gained from GEJ with regards one man one vote has been changed to one man 10,000 votes !!!!
DeleteShot because he didn't vote APC??? Why the lies?? Stay on SDK, don't vote next week and run back here to complain again. Southerners don't vote, to collect PVC self na war, you believe everything is done on social media. You will never see a kano man showcasing is state on social media, but one small erection in Anambra, social media no go rest again...keep voting on SDK..I hope you saw the queue at the polling units in the north on TV this weekend. They have been exposed to voting way back. They survive on power, and they know they must come out to vote. They have the number, if they support u, u are winning! Politics is a game of number dear...
DeleteAnon 8:39, you watched what they want you to see on TV, me. Live with them here in the north !!!! AY Makun even celebrated this young hero of democracy his name is Daniel Usman ( a student of Kogi State University , unlike you the paid with his life for doing the right thing !!!!! We all watched videos how Tinubu's thugs made sure that the Igbo's did NOT vote in Lagos, and yet INEC did NOT reschedule the the voting because it did NOT affect APC !!!!! The elections are rigged in the rural areas of the North, in the north, if forensic investigation is done, they will discover that in one polling unit , the thumb print of every 1000 ballot paper maybe that of only 2 or 3 persons as they are involved with massively thumb printing for buhari !!!!!
DeleteNigeria.
ReplyDeleteDidn't expect anything special.
Buhari is back😂
This election had so much rigging.
ReplyDeleteAPC/ Tinubu / Buhari nna well done.
Just keep in mind what happened to Abacha. When he refused to leave God decided to remove him for us.
The suffering under APC for the past 4yrs has been humongous. Many have left the country thru any means necessary becos of this same suffering.
Shame on Buhari,Shame on oshinbanjo and shame on Tinubu. Shame on your so called fight on corruption that you only use to punish your rivals but you are even worse than them.
Goodluck Jonathan didn't do ALL this rigging. Even though he could.
I am Sooo ashamed for my country��������it's two days already and results are still been collated.
ReplyDelete2015 election was held on the 28th of March, Buhari was not declared winner until Tuesday the 31st. If you did not protest over the delay then, you all have no moral right to complain now.
DeleteYou have no moral grounds to question someone’s moral right based on the timing of their complaint.
DeleteBuhari/ APC has destroyed everything democratic, GEJ left for Nigeria it is very sad that Igbo's where NOT allowed to vote in Lagos and Kano . This is NOT the Nigeria of my dreams !!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteFor real in some States people were not allowed to vote? This is an egregious abuse on ones right to vote/freedom of expression. Sad!
DeleteLips sealed. @Blessed Princess
ReplyDeleteThey should wait until the whole result is out...We should be concerned with the 3kardashian states😃😃...God help Nigeria
ReplyDelete3kard States???...
DeleteKano
Kaduna
Katsina
Is a pity...It's so terrible ..
ReplyDeleteLet me go dust my passport.
The poverty that will face the country is pressing up right now.
No be small pressing up..
DeleteGod have mercy on our country Nigeria
@Stella, God has tried and done his part but the people need to pull the country out by themselves from their misery. If not, aluta continua
DeleteThese atifkulated people should just accept their defeat jeje. Nigerians don tear eye. Not anymore will we be robbed in broad day light. We are on our way to becoming the nation that we desire, the road might be rough/tough but we are in the right direction.
ReplyDeleteAwon ole jatijati
Any foundation that is faulty will never carry a building for long. Any government that robs people the right to vote is on its way to self destruct.
DeleteVery backward Stella...today is Tuesday and no final result yet.
ReplyDeleteAh toh Stella.I weak for their matter
ReplyDeleteStella is so so wronggggggggggggg
ReplyDeleteWho are the Cabals that can not remove who ever that needs to be remove
Someone tweeted that Senegal had Election same on Sunday and it was like public holiday no casualties everyone was going on their way..... within 24hrs the result was announced
Is it that the problem with us is due to our population????????
Senegal is just 12 million in population not even the size of Lagos alone.
DeleteUS election took days before results were announced.
When I said Nigerians have short term memory many people didn't agreed. Recall last presidential election in 2015 was finally announced on Wednesday if u doubt it go and do your finding. And before the election hold the INEC chairman has already issue statement regarding when they will conclude the election and declare the winner by saying " the result will not take longer than that of 2015" so how did you analyze such statement?
ReplyDeleteIts today Wednesday? Did you guys throw tantrum in 2015?
Any way you guys can cry for all you care, its allowed....
Sai BaBa mai gaskiya!
They just love to cry foul! Yeye dey smell
DeleteAre you even normal? Isn't it taking longer? They have just called 11 states out of 36 and by 11am dey are yet to start. 2015 took them 4days for a winner to be announced and this is already the 4th day and we are still on 11states
DeleteTruth is, they both rigged on the level playing field.
ReplyDeleteBut PMB using the veto power to continue on another scale is totally unfair...
Wuru wuru is too much in our country Nigeria...
ReplyDeleteI remove cap for Naija ..
Nigeria is too backward..I give up on them
ReplyDeleteIn 2015 ,it took dis long ,I can remember vividly so I don't understand all d complaints
ReplyDeleteIn 2015 on this day we had a winner but in 2019 on this day we are still on the 11th state, why won't we complain
DeleteI have been reading all the comments on this blog! From my own point of view, Pdp had a slim chance to win immediately they chosed Atiku as there presidential candidate, he was chosen cos he had the more money than anyone of them to play this politics, they thought he would be able to divide the votes in the north east and north west, that was where they got it wrong, because down those areas he has already lost his integrity in there eyes, rather they see Buhari as there God, forget all the campaign pictures u saw in Kano, katsina and co, they will definitely mess him up, because they are very comfortable with Buhari. Down in the south west Apc has a strong hold cos of Tinubu and his cohorts, the votes that will come out for pdp from the south south and south east cannot make up the votes that will come from Kano, kaduna and katsina for Apc. The sad truth is that Buhari will definitely win, we have all been surviving throughout his administration, so we will continue that way in the next 4years too, another ugly truth is that 80% of Nigerians from the south east, south south and even south west didn’t even vote, especially the elite ones, rather we were all voting on social media.
ReplyDelete@Anonymous 10:05, your comment should be pinned on every Nigerian's heart! You have said it all! Buhari is the King in the North, no Northerner contesting against Buhari can defeat him there talk-less of Atiku! Rigging or not aside, PDP lost this election the day they picked Atiku as their flag bearer, a choice that was made based on greed and corruption which is synonymous with the party! Any other Northerner though will not come close to Buhari but would have given him a better run. The Northerners are election goals, they can risk it all to vote and once they perceive a candidate as having integrity concerns (Atiku), they can never be bought. For most people from the other parts of Nigeria (SS and SE to be precise), only the die hard youths risk it all to vote but not for a person with integrity but for rigging purposes and peanuts received. Most people from the SS and SE vote based on sentiments and hatred so the more Buhari is insulted, they push the Northerners to be even more motivated to come out en-masse to vote for him and prove how irrelevant they are in deciding who becomes president. The truth of the matter is that, a combination of the SS and SE do not have the capacity to determine who becomes the president. Without the support of the North, a candidate can never win! The North is that power politically and only need a little support from the SW! So the sooner the SS and SE come to terms with this fact and become more politically smart with their votes, the better! Right now (just like the 2015 election), their voting pattern just exhibits how politically irrelevant they are and it is quite embarrassing!
DeleteAnon 12:07. The feeling is mutual if you dont like me I would not like you. Buhari can rule again na everybody go suffer. Numbers or not.
DeletePDP had party agents in all polling units across the federation during the election. So, if there are any infractions they witnessed during the collation,let them bring such forward to the elections tribunal.
ReplyDeleteAbi. no be dem sign the final results sheet from the state collation centres?
I thought you were the one that signed seeing you were the chief announcer of the election results.
DeleteHmmmmm!! Stella, Nigeria is even more backward than you think. I'm so so sad with the way things have turned out concerning the elections. A sensible person wouldn't force his/her way in where they are not needed. They know when to let go. And that was exactly what Goodluck Jonathan did. But this aboki would rather have everybody wiped out of Nigeria and rule over an empty land than let go for another person to step in. It's only God that can save us from the hands of our evil rulers.
ReplyDeleteStella I like you but don’t put your mouth in what you know nothing about.It took 4 days in 2015 before all the results were announced so why are you saying it’s taking time now?
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you Stella. Nigeria is indeed backward.
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