APC alleges irregularities as PDP wins Bauchi LG poll by landslide

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won all the 20 chairmanship seats in the LG election in Bauchi state.

Ahmed Makama, chairman of the Bauchi State Independent Electoral Commission (BASIEC), announced the results on Saturday.

He said the polls held peacefully across the state, adding that: “For the chairmanship election, PDP won all the 20 seats as declared at the local government levels.

“And for the councillors, the results were declared in the wards with other parties emerging victorious.”

Makama said the commission would issue the winners with their certificates of return on Sunday.

The election is the first held in the wake of the recent judgment of the supreme court which affirmed local government autonomy.

NAN reports that the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bauchi chapter, has rejected the results.

Muhammad Hassan, chairman of the party in the state, described the election as a “murder of democracy”.

He cited alleged irregularities, including inadequate election materials, withheld sensitive materials and result sheets, and votes allocation to the ruling PDP.

Hassan also alleged an absence of returning officers and the abandonment of election materials at the polling units.

“There were also instances of ballot box snatching, massive thumb printing of ballot papers for PDP and votes allocation to PDP candidates across all the local governments,” Hassan alleged.

The electoral body, however, insisted that the polls were free and fair.