Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party,
Atiku Abubakar has advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
to remain neutral.
Atiku requested the National Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu
to instruct Collation Officers for Saturday’s election to upload the results
from the polling units to INEC server immediately.
A statement on Sunday by spokesperson Paul Ibe wondered why
the upload was taking long hours after votes were concluded in many parts of
the country.
Atiku urged INEC to act timely “to checkmate some governors
who are trying to compromise the results at the local government collation
level”.
“It will be a disservice to Nigerians and a negation to
democracy for anyone to subvert the will of the people as freely expressed in
their votes of yesterday,” he said.
The former Vice President appealed to Nigerians to be calm
but vigilant to ensure that anti-democratic elements who are masquerading as
progressives do not steal their mandate.
Ibe said early results from polling units and exit polls
indicate that Atiku is projected to become the first candidate to meet the
mandatory 25% requirement of votes cast in at least 24 states.
The statement added that the PDP flagbearer is also set to
exceed expectations in at least 10 states, where he is projected to garner over
40% of the votes cast.
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