A Professor of Pharmacy from Bayero University Kano, Ibrahim Adamu Yakasai, has DENOUNCED the results he declared!
He said he was made to announce the sham election result under duress.
Mr. Yakasai who played the role of Returning Officer in the February 25th National Assembly elections, said this in a letter dated February 27th, 2023.
According to the returning officer, Professor Ibrahim Adamu Yakasai, Doguwa of the All Progressives Congress (APC) polled 39,732 votes to defeat his closest rival, Yushau Salisu Abdullahi of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) who polled 34,798 votes.
However Yakasai has come out to deny the legitimacy of what he announced.
As a result, INEC has since posted a list on their verified Twitter page, stating that the declaration made by the returning officer was done under duress, . As a result, Doguwa’s name has since been removed from the list of election winners.
Prof. Yakasai said, “I served as the Returning Officer for the 2023 Tudun Wada/Doguwa House of Representatives Elections whose result was declared by me on the 26 February, 2023.
“However, I will like to testify that the declaration made was under duress for fear of losing my life and other INEC officials who were with me. The collation area was completed under siege, threatening to burn down the INEC facility if I did not declare the result within one hour.
“I was completely traumatized, hopeless and confused which did not give me the stability of mind to work in accordance with the Electoral Act and election guidelines as areas or polling units where the elections were cancelled, the total number of accredited voters were not compared with margin of the scores that led to the declaration and finally the situation my colleagues and I found ourselves could not give us the opportunity to attend to the complaints of non-use of BVAS in some polling units.
“I hope my statement would be kindly looked at and necessary action to be taken in accordance with section 65 of the Electoral Act 2022.”
