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| From left: Hon Dachung Bagos, House of Reps member-elect, Hon Edward Pwajok , member representing Jos South / Jos East at the National Assembly, Hon DT Sango PDP Chairman Plateau state, Sen. JT Useni Plateau PDP gubernatorial candidate and Hon ID Gyang PDP Plateau North Senatorial candidate during a world press conference on Wednesday |
PDP says Plateau REC, Hussaini Pai
has compromised his position and must be hold responsible for any break down of
law and order
By Lovins Yakubu
February 27, 2019
The Plateau
state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the Plateau
state Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC. Alhaji Hussain Halilu Pai of
compromising his position.
Hon D T
Sango. the Plateau state chairman of the party made this statement while addressing
a world press conference on Wednesday on the inability of INEC to announce the
results of elections in Plateau Northern zone most especially that of the
Senate and the House of Representatives Bassa/Jos North four days after its
conduct.
The chairman
said, “It has become imperative to address you today on the political
happenings in Plateau following the conduct of the general elections on
Saturday, February 23rd, 2019. We acknowledge that the elections were
relatively peaceful.
There was
also an enthusiastic turn out of the people to vote despite the earlier
inexcusable postponement by INEC which had brought untold anguish and
disappointment on the electorate.
Plateau
people clearly spoke their minds by vesting their trust in PDP through
overwhelmingly voting for the party. T heir votes gave PDP unassailable victory
across the state.
We salute our
supporters for their commitment and resilience in seeking to chart a new course
for a united, secure and prosperous Plateau
However, we
are saddened to note that four days after the conduct of the elections, INEC is
yet to turn in the final results and declare the winners.”
According to
Sango, the situation cuts across the three senatorial zones of the state
stressing that in the Southern Zone, INEC declared the election inconclusive
after cancelling the results of some units in Qua'an Pan and Wase LGAs.
He stated
that there was clear pressure on the Returning Officer to declare the result in
favour of APC
Continuing,
Sango said that in the Central Zone, INEC again declared the election inconclusive
adding that INEC and stakeholders alongside agents of the parties entered into
a formal agreement for a re-run to be conducted in some units in Kanam. “But very surprisingly, INEC summoned
the Returning Officers under heavy military intimidation and ordered them to
announce the result of the election in favour of APC”, he said.
Hon Sango
further alleged that in the Northern Zone, the party received reports from INEC
officers on ground and its agents that PDP had roundly won the election.
“INEC then
picked Tudun Wada-Kabong ward, a stronghold of the PDP in Jos North LGA and has
withheld the results of all the 65 units with a total voter population of about
92 thousand people!
The
commission therefore instructed the Returning Officers not to announce the
results.
It is
therefore evident that the wholesome cancellation of units across the state was
deliberately targeted at disenfranchising the people and weakening PDP bases”.
The PDP
Chairman said it became glaring then to everyone that the Resident Electoral
Commissioner ((REC), Alhaji. HusseiniHaliluPai had compromised his position as
an umpire and by so doing, set the whole of Plateau on tension which is a
recipe for monumental crisis
Sango said the
PDP and its stakeholders have been working tirelessly to calm frayed nerves but
that this cannot go on for too long.
“We are
therefore alerting the nation and the world to hold the Resident Electoral
Commissioner, Alhaji Husseini Halilu Pai
responsible for any breakdown of law and order. We can only appeal to him to
douse this rising tension by immediately releasing the results", he said.
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