Kebbi community protest over LG election -28 Oct 2019 Photo: Ismail Adebayo, Birnin Kebbi 2/8 The protesters for several hours blocked the main road leading into Argungu and burnt tyres to prevent motorists and other travelers from passing through the township.
Some resident of Kebbi State on Monday blocked roads
leading into Argungu from Felende area of the town to protest the
non-declaration of the result of Felende ward election rumoured to have been
won by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The protesters for
several hours blocked the main road leading into Argungu and burnt tyres to
prevent motorists and other travelers from passing through the township.
Mobile policemen were drafted from Birnin Kebbi to
Argungu at about 9:30am to quell the situation but the people insisted they
would not leave except their candidate is declared winner of the election.
One of the protesters who spoke to our correspondent
said “The returning officer sensing the PDP candidate won Felende ward refused
to declare him winner of the councillorship election. We have decided to remain
here until they do what is right”. Meanwhile the All Progressives Congress
(APC), has also rejected the candidates declared as winners in Birnin Kebbi
Local Government Council by Kebbi State Independent Electoral Commission
(KESIEC).
The party’s Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Sani Dododo
made the party position known while speaking with journalists on the local
government election in the state. He said “The names of those declared as
winners in Makera and Gawassu wards by the KESIEC were not the names forwarded
by the APC to the commission”. “Candidates declared as the winners under the
platform of APC in Makera and Gawassu
wards of Birnin Kebbi Local Government
were not the names APC forwarded to the Commission. We hereby rejects the candidates
declared by the KSIEC”.
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