Dr. Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi, an aspirant for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Zamfara North Senatorial ticket, has rejected the November 2 main election, alleging irregularities, electoral malpractice, and non-compliance with the get together’s pointers.
Shinkafi, popularly generally known as Wamban Shinkafi, mentioned the train performed throughout the Birnin Magaji, Shinkafi, Kaura Namoda, and Zurmi native authorities areas was characterised by non-compliance with electoral procedures, intimidation of get together members, and deliberate manipulation of outcomes.
In a press assertion, the aspirant alleged that authentic voting supplies and official outcome sheets weren’t made out there at designated polling areas, whereas photocopied outcome sheets allegedly surfaced at unauthorised areas hours after get together members had dispersed.
He additionally claimed that there was no correct accreditation of voters, alleging that APC membership playing cards and biometric identification weren’t verified towards the get together’s official register earlier than the voting train.
According to him, conflicting schedules, abrupt venue modifications, and poor communication by the election administration workforce created widespread confusion amongst aspirants, their supporters, and brokers.
Shinkafi additional alleged that armed actors, together with irregular safety personnel and troopers, took over designated voting and collation centres, intimidating his supporters and brokers and forcing a number of of them to flee following sporadic gunshots.
He accused the first election committee of permitting unauthorised native authorities collation officers and ward returning officers to conduct and declare outcomes with out correct authorization from the get together’s National Working Committee (NWC).
The aspirant additionally acknowledged that outcomes have been secretly collated at undisclosed areas with out the participation of his accredited brokers, who have been allegedly denied entry to observe the method, confirm figures, or obtain copies of the outcome sheets.
He maintained that these actions violated APC pointers for direct primaries in addition to related provisions of the Electoral Act, rendering the train invalid and non-credible.
The controversy surrounding the first was additional heightened by the emergence of two conflicting declarations, with each Senator Sahabi Ya’u Kaura and Senator Tijjani Yahaya Kaura reportedly being declared winners by totally different members of the election committee.
Shinkafi, nevertheless, dismissed options that there was any consensus association between him and Senator Tijjani Yahaya Kaura or another aspirant.
He confused that he stays dedicated to pursuing his grievances by lawful means quite than resorting to actions able to undermining democratic ideas.
Consequently, Shinkafi referred to as on the APC National Chairman, the NWC, and the get together’s National Election Appeals Committee to right away nullify the election and put aside any candidate declared because the winner.
He demanded that the get together conduct a fresh direct main throughout the 4 native authorities areas underneath the supervision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and a newly constituted, duly authorised election committee.
The aspirant additionally referred to as for disciplinary motion towards people concerned within the alleged irregularities and outcome manipulation.
He warned that failure by the get together management to handle his complaints would compel him to hunt judicial redress in court docket towards the 2 senators declared winners by totally different members of the committee.
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