Plateau 2023 – INEC officials allocated votes to PDP during ,the election – says APC Candidate Dr Nentawe Yilwatda
APC governorship Candidate Nentawe Yilwatda has revealed how a PDP card carrying member was employed by INEC and assigned to Mangu, the home Local government area of the PDP candidate to conduct the March 18th election.
Nentawe who disclosed this in his petition before the governorship election petition Tribunal in Jos, stated that Professor Henry Hentuang Longpoe was posted to Mangu Local government area as collation officer.
According to him, it was to the knowledge of INEC that Professor Longpoe was an aspirant for the Shendam Constituency, for the state House of Assembly and yet appointed him the collation officer of Mangu local government area.
Nentawe pointed out that Professor Longpoe, had severally identified with the interest and aspirations of Caleb Mutfwang as evidenced in his face book and other social media platforms.
Similarly, Nentawe fished out the collation officer of Naraguta ‘B’ registration Area, where he interrupted the collation process by unlawfully taking over the duties of the Ward collation officer.
He maintained that in the unlawful acts of the collation officer, he collated only the results of the polling units where Mutfwang had more votes including over voting and refused to accept results in those areas where elections were conducted.
The petitioner averred that INEC agents, in an attempt to conceal the over voting in the result sheets Form-EC8 A changed or altered the initial entries in the scores of the Political Parties.
Nentawe pleaded that the March 18th election was vitiated by non-conduct of elections or cancellation of elections in several polling units across the state adding that there was no accreditation of voter with the use of BVAS.
He therefore prayed the tribunal to determine that Mutfwang having not been sponsored by the PDP or any political party is not qualified to contest the governorship election.
The APC governorship Candidate further prayed the tribunal to declare Mutfwang’s election as the governor of Plateau state as null and void for non compliance with the Electoral Act,2022.
Nentawe urged the tribunal to declare him as the winner of the election having scored majority of the lawful votes cast at the election and set aside the certificate of return and compel INEC to withdraw same from Mutfwang.
Freelance Reporters 