The chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Campaign Council for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Council elections and Governor of Benue State, Governor Samuel Ortom, on Sunday warned against tampering with the results of the elections in the Abuj Municipal Area Council (AMAC) and Kwali Area Council polls.
Governor Ortom specifically cautioned the the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) not to allow itself to be used to tamper with the results of the polls as expressed by the people.
The Governor in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Nathaniel Ikyur, specifically urged INEC to declare the results without further delay, stressing that the electoral body must not allow itself to be influenced by a serving minister in the President Muhammadu Buhari administration and a serving governor from the South East to change the wishes of the people of the FCT.
In the words of Ortom; “The party is in custody of results declared at the polling units and ward levels and as such will not accept anything short of victory for the PDP.
“The results of this election should not be tampered with in any way because we have credible information that a serving minister and one of the APC governors from the South East has been putting undue pressure on INEC with huge sums of money to influence the results of the election in favour of the APC.
“Let it be known to everyone that the PDP will not accept anything less that victory for the party as declared at the polling units where the PDP won with wide margins,” he said.
