APC, Babachir Reject Results As PDP Clears Adamawa LGs Polls

^{Adamawa chapter of the  All Progressives Congress (APC) has rejected the outcome of the local government council elections conducted in the state.}

^{The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) won all the 21 local government council chairmanship position in the Saturday’s LG elections in Adamawa.}

^{The chairman of Adamawa State Independent Electoral Commission (ADSIEC), Mallam Isa Shetima, announced the results.}

^{Shetima said the result of councilors for the 226 wards had been announced at the local government levels. The elected chairmen are to collect their certificates of return this  Monday.}  

^{The party’s legal adviser said that the party would do everything within the law to seek redress,  “The conducted election is a complete sham, undemocratic and below standard of what we call an election.}

^{“This is a selection that was perpetrated under intimidation and inducement. We are not going to accept it,” Pwamaddi said.}

^{Also, reacting to the election, an APC chieftain and former Secretary to the Government of Federation, Mr. Babachir Lawan, in a statement said no election was conducted in his local government (Hong).}

^{“In spite of assurance by the Adamawa state governor that there will be an open, free and fair LGA elections, there was no election in Hong LGA even in a single polling unit.}

^{“ No election materials and no officials were sighted anywhere in the LGA up to 4 pm on Saturday when I returned to Yola.}

^{“ It’s such a shameful treatment of our people of which we have taken note.}

^{“We had expected this state government to conduct a credible election because it will not have come to power if the federal government had not allowed INEC to conduct a free and fair election,” Babachir said.}