Presidential Polls: Atiku, Ayu, Others Protest At INEC Headquarters In Abuja

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The Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, his running mate, Ifeanyi Okowa and other Party leaders are currently leading a protest to the national headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja.

The protesters invited via a letter were the Chairman of Party Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) and Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel; the Director General of PCC and Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal.

Others were Governors of Bayelsa, Edo, Adamawa, Bauchi, Taraba and Osun States; Former Senate Presidents, Senator David Mark and Senator Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, BOT members, NEC members, PDP Senators and House of Representatives Members, NWC members of the party, DDGs, Directors, Deputies and Assistant Directors of NCMC.

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According to the letter, the party officials are wear black clothes at 10 a.m with the takeoff point at the Legacy House in Maitama, Abuja.

It was gathered that Ayu and Okowa offered to lead the members of the party in the protest at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja against the outcome of the presidential election.

Recall that INEC declared Bola Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of the election and President-elect of the presidential poll held on February 25, 2023, and had issued same a certificate of return.

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Tinubu polled 8,794,726 votes to defeat Atiku Abubakar of the PDP who had 6,984,520 votes, and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) who secured 6,101,533 votes. But Atiku, PDP, Obi and Labour Party rejected the declaration of Tinubu as the president-elect, saying the election was trailed with irregularities and would challenge it in court.

In a notice by the Director of Administration of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council, Ibrahim Bashir, the party informed its members that the protest would take off from the Legacy House in the Maitama area by 10 a.m.

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It reads, “I am directed to respectfully invite Your Excellencies: The National Chairman, Dr Iyrochia Ayu, The Vice Presidential Candidate and Governor of Delta State, Dr. Ifeanyichukwu Okowa.

“Governors of; Akwa Ibom and Chairman of PCC, Mr Udom Emmanuel, Sokoto state and DG of PCC, Rt Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, and Governors of Bayelsa, Edo, Adamawa, Bauchi, Taraba and Osun States.

“Former Senate Presidents, Senator David Mark and Senator Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, BOT members, NEC members, PDP Senators and House of Representatives Members, NWC members of the party, DDGs, Directors, Deputies and Assistant Directors of NCMC; Members of the PCC;

“Leadership of People Living With Disabilities and all other Stakeholders to a protest march to INEC Office. Endeavour to be very punctual please.”