PDP rejects Ishaku Abbo’s victory in Adamawa senatorial election

The People’s Democratic Party in Adamawa rejected the Adamawa North senatorial district result of the February 25 election on Friday, insisting that it would institute legal action to retrieve the mandate.

INEC had declared Ishaku Abbo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the election, having polled 71,419 votes to defeat his opponent, the PDP’s Rev. Amos Yohana, who polled 62,036 votes.

The electoral umpire delayed the announcement of the results because of discrepancies in some wards in the Mubi North Local Government Area.

Reacting to the declaration of the result in favour of the APC, the PDP chairman in Adamawa state, Barr. A.T. Shehu, said that the party’s mandate was stolen.

He said the party was gathering its evidence and that its lawyers would soon head to the electoral tribunal.

“We have grievances about the election result, and we will pursue the course of justice after gathering all the necessary facts and evidence; we are going to seek redress in accordance with the law,” he said.

Mr. Shehu appreciated party loyalists and the people of Kebbi for the peaceful conduct of the polls on Feb. 25.

He enjoined them to prepare for the March 11 governorship and House of Assembly elections and to vote for the APC.