Cancel Kano, Jigawa, Kaduna, Gombe others elections, PDP tells Jega

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(Nigeria) The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to cancel the results of seven states in last Saturday's Presidential and National Assembly elections over what it termed, alleged electoral malpractices.
Deputy National Chairman of PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, who addressed newsmen in Abuja, gave the seven states as Kano, Jigawa, Kaduna, Gombe, Bauchi, Katsina and Kogi.
Secondus alleged that in the seven states, under aged were allowed to vote in contravention of the Electoral Act, while voting took place late in the night in the affected states.
"In Kano and some of these states in the North, majority of voters were under-aged. Voting also took place in the night and you know that in the night rigging can take place.  We have completed our reports from Kano state chapter."
Similarly, the  PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, PDPPCO insisted that President Goodluck Jonathan was winning the presidential election
Addressing newsmen in Abuja, Director, Media and Publicity of PDPPCO, Chief Femi Fani- Kayode threatened that any attempt to manipulate figures or rig out the PDP from any quarter would be firmly resisted.
"We wish to take this opportunity to make it clear to the Nigerian public that according to the figures made available to us, we are ahead in the presidential elections by at least two to three million votes.
"We have our own Situation Room and we have collated all our figures from the various polling booths, wards, local government areas and states in the Federation.
"Despite the propaganda of the opposition, we are confident of victory.  They and all other stakeholders can be rest assured that we will accept nothing less than the announcement of an election result that is truthful and that reflects the true will of the Nigerian people.
"Any attempt to manipulate figures or to rig us out from any quarter will be firmly resisted."

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