Alhassan Rejects Taraba Governorship Election Results, Calls It Daylight Robbery

Aisha Alhassan, candidate of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) in the Taraba state governorship
election, has rejected the result of the poll
announced by the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) on Sunday.
Addresing a press conference in Jalingo shortly
after the announcement of the result, Alhassan
described the entire elections process as a
“daylight robbery’’ and said the party would
challenge the results at the election petition
tribunal.
“The combined governorship elections in Taraba
were characterised by violence, massive rigging,
ballot snatching and abuse of the card readers in
substantial parts of the state by the PDP and their
allies,” she said.
She contended that results ascribed to Wukari,
Donga, Takum, Sardauna, Zing, Yorro, Kurmi
and some parts of Ussa, Karim-Lamido, Bali,
Ardo-Kola and Lau local government areas were
not acceptable, as they did not reflect the true
results of the election in Taraba.
Alhassan said all the complaints on the
irregularities and abuse of the election guidelines
were promptly reported to INEC, but no action
was taken.
While declared the result in Jalingo on Sunday,
Jyari Mohammed, the INEC returning officer for
Taraba said Ishaku scored 369,318 votes to
emerge victorious.
He said Alhassan came second with 275,984
votes, while David Kente of the Social Democratic
Party (SDP) polled 29, 966 votes.