APC won Offa rerun, says PDP candidate

A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
councillorship candidate in last Saturday’s
rerun in Offa Local Government Area of Kwara
State, Afolabi Jimoh, has confessed that the All
Progressives Congress (APC) candidate won in
his ward.
Jimoh was declared the winner by the State
Independent Electoral Commission (KWSIEC).
The APC has urged President Goodluck
Jonathan; the Inspector-General of Police (IGP)
Mohammed Abubakar and the Chairman of the
Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega, to prevail on
KWSIEC to release the authentic result of the
rerun.
Jimoh, who contested the Shawo Southwest
Offa seat, said KWSIEC was in error to have
declared him the winner.
The young politician said though he remained a
loyal member of the PDP, but being a Muslim
and a faithful Offa indigene, he would not
claim the victory he did not win.
He said: “I remain the authentic candidate of
the PDP for Shawo Southwest Ward. I make
bold to say that in all the eight polling units in
my ward, the PDP lost that day.
“As a son of this great town, I believe that in
all that we do, we should know that we are
going to account for them. I’m this wise. I am
not going to be a part to getting what is not
mine from anybody.
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