The All Progressives Congress in the Kanam Local Government Area of Plateau State, has rejected the outcome of Saturday’s local government election in the state.

A chief of the party in Kanam, Prof. Salleh Kanam, rejected the outcome of the election while addressing newsmen on Thursay in Dengi.

He particularly said that the election in Kanam was marred by irregularities.

Mr Kanam, a former chairman of the locality, noted that from 95 per cent of results collated by the party’s agents, the APC won in 14 out of the 20 wards with a wide margin in the LGA.

Mr Kanam, who alleged that electoral officials disappeared with results sheets, called on the Plateau Independent Electoral Commission to properly collate the results of the polls.

He said, “Voting went peacefully and our people turnout in mass to vote our candidates. The APC candidates overwhelmingly won 95% of the election in Kanam; we won in 14 out of the 20 wards. All the returning officers for this local government absconded from the ward collation centres.’’

He also raised concerns over the delay in announcing the results, noting that by established practice, the results would have been announced considering that there were minor territorial or logistical challenges encountered.

Also speaking, Mr. Kalamu Idris (APC-Dengi constituency), described the exercise as a ‘miscarriage of justice.’

He explained that the outcome of the election in the locality was far from what the electoral umpire promised the people of the state.

Mr Idris called on PLASIEC to do the needful by announcing the actual winners of the election in Kanam and other LGAs in the state.

The lawmaker, however, called on the people to be peaceful and law-abiding.

However, a coalition of election observers, under the aegis of Nigeria Network for Peace and Good Governance, commended PLASIEC for successfully conducting the polls.

Spokesperson for the group, James Shalom, lauded PLASIEC for ensuring a peaceful and transparent electoral process across the state.

He maintained that despite the initial challenges encountered, particularly the late arrival of election materials in some polling units, the exercise was generally credible.

(NAN)