Salisu Maijigiri, chairman of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Katsina, has alleged that Atiku Abubakar, the
party’s presidential candidate, won the election in the state.
Muhammadu Buhari, who was the
candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and eventually declared
winner, hails from Katsina.
Majigiri’s statement is contrary
to the results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC).
Results declared by INEC showed
that PDP polled 308,056 votes while the APC polled 1,232,133.
Speaking as the eighth witness of
PDP and Atiku at the tribunal in Abuja, on Tuesday, Maijigiri alleged that the
results announced by the electoral body were incorrect.
Under cross-examination, he said
the results collated by PDP agents in the state showed that Atiku defeated
Buhari.
“We (PDP) are the one who won the
election, not APC,” he said.
“APC scored 872,000 and PDP
scored, 905,000. These are our own results, we collated in our state not the
ones from the server.”
Maijigiri said he served as the
party’s collation agent in the state during the election, adding that some of
the agents who delivered results to him will appear before the tribunal as
witnesses.
Atiku Abubakar and his party are
challenging Buhari’s victory and has tendered 26,175 exhibits to the tribunal.
On Monday, the PDP presented Bubu
Galadima, a former ally of President Muhammad Buhari as its witness.
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