Kwara Assembly poll: ACN to challenge results in court
Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Kwara State has rejected the result of last Saturday's rerun election into the House of Assembly.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the candidate of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), AbdulFatah Babakini, as the winner of the poll in Alanamu and Oloje wards of Ilorin West/North Constituency.
An Appeal Court sitting in Ilorin ordered a rerun in the two wards, noting that the 2011 House of Assembly election in the wards was marred by irregularities.
The ACN called for the cancellation of the election, saying "a proper poll should be conducted in the wards."
The party's candidate, Aiyelabegan Kayode Abdul, told reporters yesterday that "we are challenging the concocted results in the court since voting was truncated and collation was purely a PDP affair."
He continued: "As a result of the violence unleashed on our supporters and voters last Saturday at Alanamu and Oloje wards in Ilorin West Local Government of Kwara State, we call for the cancellation of the election.
"The PDP thugs took control of the polling units and collation centres by brandishing guns and firing shots. We demand that the poll be cancelled and proper election conducted."
But the PDP said the election was peaceful and devoid of violence and thuggery.
The Publicity Director of the party, Alhaji Masu'd Adebimpe, said to "the best of my knowledge, the poll was peaceful. Kwarans have spoken."
He said: "ACN should stop giving the impression that Kwara State is prone to violence. Everybody knows that the state is peaceful. If ACN decides to head for the court to challenge the outcome of the election, we shall meet them there."
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