{"id":176329,"date":"2025-08-27T22:28:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T21:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/taraba-pdp-youths-reject-bye-election-results-allege-fraud"},"modified":"2025-08-27T23:36:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T22:36:35","slug":"taraba-pdp-youths-reject-bye-election-results-allege-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/taraba-pdp-youths-reject-bye-election-results-allege-fraud","title":{"rendered":"Taraba PDP Youths Reject Bye-Election Results Allege Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The youth wing of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Karim 1 Constituency, Taraba State, has rejected the outcome of the August 16 bye-election, alleging widespread electoral fraud, violence, and manipulation.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing journalists in Jalingo on Wednesday, the group described the declared victory of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as \u201cfraudulent\u201d and \u201ca stain on Nigeria\u2019s democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Led by its chairman, Obed Titus Loh, they accused the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and security agencies of colluding with APC operatives to subvert the will of the people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis rejection is not just political; it is moral, democratic, and constitutional,\u201d the group declared.<\/p>\n<p>According to the PDP youths, the election was marred by incidents of voter intimidation, vote-buying, and result manipulation.<\/p>\n<p>They specifically cited irregularities in Bikwin Ward, Karim A, Bandawa in Karim B Ward, and Jen-Petel in Jen Ardido Ward. They claimed PDP agents were attacked and driven away from collation centers while results were allegedly tampered with in favor of the APC.<\/p>\n<p>The group also condemned the cancellation of results from 10 polling units, which they said affected over 3,000 accredited voters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the margin of victory reportedly under 400 votes,\u201d they argued that the election should have been declared inconclusive, as the number of cancelled votes far exceeds the winning margin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite the challenges, the people of Karim 1 Constituency overwhelmingly voted for the PDP, as reflected in polling unit results. But those votes were systematically suppressed and rewritten at the collation center,\u201d they alleged.<\/p>\n<p>The PDP Youth Forum demanded a full investigation by INEC into the conduct of the election across all five wards in the constituency, the cancellation of manipulated results and restoration of the original polling unit outcomes, and the immediate return of the \u201cstolen mandate\u201d to the PDP and the people of Karim 1 Constituency.<\/p>\n<p>The group also called on INEC, the judiciary, and civil society organizations to uphold democratic principles and defend the integrity of the electoral process.<\/p>\n<p>While vowing to remain peaceful and law-abiding, the PDP youths insisted they would not relent until justice is served and the people\u2019s mandate is restored.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The youth wing of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Karim 1 Constituency, Taraba State, has rejected the outcome of the August 16 bye-election, alleging widespread electoral fraud, violence, and manipulation. Addressing journalists in Jalingo on Wednesday, the group described the declared victory of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as \u201cfraudulent\u201d and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":176328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[254,65,3685],"class_list":["post-176329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-nigeria","tag-pdp","tag-taraba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Taraba PDP Youths Reject Bye-Election Results Allege Fraud - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The youth wing of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Karim 1 Constituency, Taraba State, has rejected the outcome of ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/taraba-pdp-youths-reject-bye-election-results-allege-fraud\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Taraba PDP Youths Reject Bye-Election Results Allege Fraud\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The youth wing of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Karim 1 Constituency, Taraba State, has rejected the outcome of ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/taraba-pdp-youths-reject-bye-election-results-allege-fraud\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-27T21:28:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-27T22:36:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1756321741.345068.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/taraba-pdp-youths-reject-bye-election-results-allege-fraud#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/taraba-pdp-youths-reject-bye-election-results-allege-fraud\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Taraba PDP Youths Reject Bye-Election Results Allege Fraud\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-27T21:28:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-27T22:36:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/taraba-pdp-youths-reject-bye-election-results-allege-fraud\"},\"wordCount\":365,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/taraba-pdp-youths-reject-bye-election-results-allege-fraud#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1756321741.345068.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\",\"PDP\",\"taraba\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/taraba-pdp-youths-reject-bye-election-results-allege-fraud#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/taraba-pdp-youths-reject-bye-election-results-allege-fraud\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/taraba-pdp-youths-reject-bye-election-results-allege-fraud\",\"name\":\"Taraba PDP Youths Reject Bye-Election Results Allege Fraud - 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