Voters‘ll resist attempt to steal votes, says APC

In a statement issued in Lagos yesterday by its national publicity secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said it has the authentic results from every polling unit where voting took place, and would not accept anything contrary to those signed results.It decried what it termed ‘the dangerous kite’ being flown by the PDP, through some […]

In a statement issued in Lagos yesterday by its national publicity secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said it has the authentic results from every polling unit where voting took place, and would not accept anything contrary to those signed results.
It decried what it termed ‘the dangerous kite’ being flown by the PDP, through some of ‘their paid media channels’, seeking to appropriate unearned victories across the nation.
“We have always said we will accept the results of any free, fair and transparent elections. We stand by that avowal. However, what we will not accept and which we are sure Nigerians themselves will reject is any move to rewrite the results and thwart the will of the people under any guise. We will not accept that.
“We have heard of the desperate moves to cancel the results in areas where the APC has beaten the PDP embarrassingly. Nigerians will definitely not accept that,’’ the party said.
“In Lagos, they are yet to announce the result of Apapa Local Government which has been ready since yesterday, apparently in a move to manipulate the outcome. Those who voted will not agree with any attempt to steal their votes,’’ the party said.
The party said it is aware of ongoing efforts to force electoral and presiding officers in Imo State, some of whom are being picked up by the military, to rewrite the results of the elections in the state.
“We have the results from every polling unit in Imo State and we know that we have won in over 80 per cent in the presidential election. So there must be no shenanigans,’’ the party said.
APC also said the same attempts are being made in Sokoto, Enugu, Ekiti, Ondo, Lagos and other states, wondering why anyone will be seeking to reverse the results that are already settled.
“In Nsukka Local Government Area, INEC officials, instead of collating results, handed over the exercise to PDP Nsukka zone to write. They holed up inside Adada House (a local government guest house) to write results and change figures, and were provided with security by the police. APC candidates and agents were chased away.
 “In collaboration with INEC, they refused to let the card readers function and no result sheets came to most polling booths,” the APC said.