The Southsouth Zonal chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has rejected the result of Saturday’s elections in the zone, saying the results do not reflect the people’s will.
A statement by the National Vice Chairman, Ntufam Hilliard Eta, accused INEC of ganging up with the opposition to deny APC victory.
The statement reads: “We have observed with great disappointment the ugly developments In the just concluded Governorship and Houses of Assembly elections, and the subsequent release of results by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for states in the Southsouth – Akwa Ibom, Cross River and Delta States.
“We state that the results are not a reflection of the wishes and will of the people. We have received several complaints to the effect that in areas where our party held sway, and won, the returning officers, in connivance with agents of the opposition, will cancel the results.
“There are also reports that where elections could not hold due to violence, results were announced in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In units where the card readers failed, results were also allocated to such areas and subsequently announced in favour of the PDP.
“In view these anomalies, APC in the Southsouth reject the results for Akwa Ibom, Cross River and Delta States. We will do everything legitimately right to ensure that this injustice would not stand and the perpetrators are prosecuted.”
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