#NigeriaDecides: SDP Rejects Kogi Central Senatorial District Results

The results of the Senatorial candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Natasha Apoti in Kogi State Central Senatorial District has been described unacceptable by the party in the state.

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Yakubu Oseni had earlier been declared as the winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission.

According to reports, Oseni who happens to be the immediate past Chairman of Kogi State Internal Revenue Service won four out of the five local government areas in the district.

The INEC returning officer which announced the result, Professor Patrick Amidu Audu from Federal University Lokoja, revealed that APC candidate scored 76,120 votes to defeat Natasha Akpoti who scored 48,326 votes.

The Kogi chairman of the party, Muktar Atima while reacting to the result announced stated that the party does not believe in the election results.

The party described the election as marred by lots of irregularities and most unacceptable to the party.

“The Kogi State Governor turned himself to an electoral officer, moving around and collecting form EC8A from one polling unit to another and filling it himself.

“The action of the governor is laughable as the accreditation by the card readers did not tally with the vote cast, so how can such results hold.

“This is not an election because he cannot use his position, those of his aides and security agencies to intimidate people.

“We are worried by the hurried nature by which the results were cooked up. How can you imaging Natasha scoring zero in polling units where even the PDP would have more votes than we do.”

The Chairman of the party called on its members and supporters of Natasha Apoti to remain calm.

Muktar Atima stated that their candidate’s popularity and acceptance were widely acknowledged, just as he wondered how an unacceptable figure would be allocated to the SDP candidate.