NigeriaDecides2019: Uduaghan Calls For Cancellation Of Presidential/NASS Election In Delta South

Immediate past governor of Delta State and candidate of All Progressive Congress,  APC, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has called on INEC to cancel presidential and national assembly elections held in Delta South senatorial district of Delta State.

BIGPEN NIGERIA reports that INEC had declared incumbent Senator James Manager of the PDP winner of the Delta South election having polled 258,812 votes against Uduaghan’s 125,776 votes but the former governor says the election was fraught with a lot of electoral malpractices, irregularities, ballot stuffing.

Uduaghan who spoke through his media assistant, Monoyo Edon, said he had since petitioned INEC over the alleged fraud during collation of results and the final announcement at the Senatorial Collation Centre in Oleh, Isoko South LGA.

His statement is reproduced below:

Following the result released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for last Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly Election in Delta South Senatorial District, His Excellency, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, we wish to state as follows:

1. His Excellency, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan wishes to express his profound appreciation to the people of Delta South Senatorial District for their overwhelming support throughout the period of electioneering.

2. His Excellency, Dr, Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan wishes to state that the above election was fraught with a lot of electoral malpractices, irregularities, ballot stuffing and further crippled with electoral violence in some parts of Burutu, Bomadi, Patani, Warri North and Isoko North LGAs.

3. His Excellency, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan had already petitioned INEC in respect to paragraph two above during collation of results and the final announcement at the Senatorial Collation Centre in Oleh, Isoko South LGA.

4. His Excellency, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan in the petition called for the cancellation of the Presidential/National Assembly election held in Delta South.

5. His Excellency, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan calls on his supporters and the good people of Delta South to remain calm and peaceful as further directives would be communicated.

6.   Thank you all.