Atiku: This is the Worst Election in 30 Years
People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the Saturday presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar Wednesday described the exercise as the worst he has witnessed in 30 years.
Addressing a press conference in Abuja, Atiku said “I am not one for hyperbole, so I will just let the facts speak for themselves.”
He said that in Akwa Ibom the result showed what is statistically impossible of 62 percent drop in the number of voters when compared to the 2015 election when PVC collection rate was higher.
He also added that it was the same problem in states like Delta, Rivers, Abia and Benue, adding that the figures from Borno state were equally alarming because of the insurgency in the state that would have affected large turnout of voters.
According to him, “This is why voter suppression took place. You must recall, our party made this observation and complained before the elections that there were plans to implement voter suppression on PDP or opposition’s strongholds in voter increase in APC strongholds.”
“As this was occurring, we saw another statistical impossibility where the real numbers tallied increased astronomically in Borno State by an almost miraculous 82 per cent in the midst of insecurity.
“This pattern was also repeated in other strongholds of the APC states. One begins to ask if insecurity is conduits to higher voter turnout and security is antithetical to high voter turnout. It is further curious that the PDP’s margin of victory in state outside the South-east and South-south were extremely slim across board. That again is a statistical impossibility.
“The fact is that when you calmly look at the numbers declared by INEC as results of February 23, 2019 elections, they do not add up at all. Let me say that I am not speaking as a member of PDP, I am speaking as a Nigerian when I said the electoral fraud perpetuated by the Buhari administration this past Saturday cannot produce a government of the people for the simple reason that it does not reflect the will of the Nigerian people.
“I told Gen. Abdulsalami two nights ago when he called me that not even the military conducted such a worst election. This is a long journey but I am confident of victory. All hope is not lost, stay strong. By the grace of God, we shall triumph.
“As I have always said, this year, is my three decades in Nigeria’s struggle for democracy. And this is the worst election in those 30 years.
“My dear Nigerians, it is for this reason that I Atiku Abubakar reject the result declared by the INEC, which declared Muhammadu Buhari as duly returned by the majority of the lawful votes.”
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