Why we refused to sign presidential result sheets – CPC, ACN

Posted by admin Action Congress of Nigeria, CPC (Congress 4 Progressive Change), Elections 2011, Party Politics Tuesday, April 19th, 2011

Representatives of some of the opposition parties said they refused to sign the 2011 presidential result sheets as compiled by INEC because they noticed some irregularities.

The parties are Congress for Progressive Change and Action Congress of Nigeria.

NAN reports that besides the ruling PDP, it was only the representatives of ACN and CPC that were in attendance at the National Collation Centre as party agents out of the 20 participating candidates.

In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja, the party agent of CPC, Mr. Hadi Sirika, said the party observed electoral fraud in both South East and South South.

He said the party hierarchy had submitted a copy of its petition to the Chairman of INEC, Prof Attahiru Jega, who also doubled the Chief Returning Officer of the presidential poll.

Sirika, a CPC senator-elect from Katsina, said the leadership of the party would hold a crucial meeting where its next line of action would be discussed.

Speaking in the same vein, ACN party agent, Garba Abari, said he refused to sign the result sheets because “we have issues with the result especially those coming from the South East and South-South of the country.”

He added, “From the reports we received from our agents on the field, as well as print and electronic media alongside interim reports of the observers, there were low voter turnout there and the result being returned are in excess of 98 per cent.”

“After due consultations, we will let the international community as well as the observers know about our next line of action.”

Commenting on the outcome of the presidential election result, PDP agent, Mr. Phillip Aduda, expressed happiness with the outcome and thanked Nigerians for reposing their confidence in the party.

Aduda, an FCT Senator-elect said, “I am happy at the turn of event. This is democracy in action. We thank God that it was free, fair and credible.”

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