Rotimi Amaechi, a presidential aspirant of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has rejected the party’s presidential primary results, alleging widespread voter disenfranchisement and electoral malpractice during the process conducted on Monday. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Amaechi said the results are being concocted, adding that there is no way that about eighty percent of members of the party were not allowed to vote and that he would be expected to accept such results.
He said he had initially stated that he would only accept the outcome of the primaries if the process was free, fair and transparent, and he stands by his word. Amaechi argued that a party that criticises the ruling APC and INEC for vote buying, rigging and writing of results cannot be engaged in the same electoral malpractices that lead to the disenfranchisement of voters who are party members.
He said the whole idea of the ADC was to give the Nigerian people a platform to amplify the voices of the downtrodden and make Nigeria a better place for everyone, irrespective of background, ethnicity or religion. The former minister of transportation stated that he will not accept results from a process that does not reflect the values that the ADC had pledged to uphold.
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Earlier on Tuesday, another presidential aspirant, Mohammed Hayatu Deen, said he would not attend the announcement of the party’s presidential primary results due to widespread irregularities and vote rigging he personally witnessed. Hayatu Deen described the results being announced at the various wards as concocted, insisting that the exercise failed to meet standards of fairness and transparency.
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