The Senatorial candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Hajia Ireti Kingibe has alleged a plot to rig the election following the cancellation of results form polling units in Bwari and Gwagwalada Area Councils by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Kingibe said due to error on the total vote cast, the returning officer alleged over-voting and cancelled election results in the Area Councils.
The former wife of one-time Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babagana Kingibe, made this known while speaking in Abuja on Monday during a press briefing.
“I am being told that the person that was writing the result 2 plus 2 equal to 5, the judges said it is over voting, the electoral officer said it is an error from that person whether he did it on purpose or accidentally, all the results sheet shows that there was no over voting in any of the polling units, so how can you now cancel all the Area Councils”, she said.
“We have watched them, millions have been bribed in this place, even up to million dollars have been put in this place to try to take the seat and it is not going to happen”, Kingibe alleged.
While alleging that thugs attacked some collation centres without being arrested, she said she will stand her ground and ensure that the right thing is done.
“I am going to the collation centre to let them know that we are not standing for this, we have watched them, they cancel polling units where we are strong, thugs go to INEC collation centre, the tear electoral materials.
“Thugs went to Gwarimpa collation centre, they attacked the people there, they tore presidential result sheets, they went away.
“Fortunately, the Returning Officer had most of the results with her. They have been looking for reasons to cancel Osuma, Bwari, those are all our strongholds, they couldn’t, then suddenly they found an error on the total votes, they said it is over voting, the Electoral Officer told them it is not over voting, it is an error from whoever wrote it, you cannot penalise the candidate for it, look at the result sheet, you will see that there is no over voting on any of them, they said it is not their job to look at result sheets, what kind of a country are we in.
“What the establishment and the people in charge of this country are looking for, if they are not careful they will find it because those of us at the bottom have heard enough.
“When we complain about anything they will say we should go to the poll, we have gone to the polls, they are still insisting that it is not good enough. The will of the people must prevail”, she said.