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\nHe decried the circumstances, under which Sen. Godswill Akpabio lost his re-election into the senate in spite of his popularity across the state.<\/p>\n
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday said that the votes of the Akwa Ibom people allegedly stolen during the Presidential and National Assembly elections of Feb. 23, would be reclaimed.<\/p>\n
Buhari said this during a town hall meeting held in Uyo to thank the people of the state for casting their votes for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the elections.<\/p>\n
President Buhari, who was represented by the Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo encouraged the people to defend their votes during the coming Governorship and House of Assembly Elections.<\/p>\n
\nHe decried the circumstances, under which Sen. Godswill Akpabio lost his re-election into the senate in spite of his popularity across the state.<\/p>\n
He alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) robbed him and the party of victory.<\/p>\n
He assured Akwa Ibom people that all the wrongdoings during the Presidential and National Assembly elections would be addressed.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happened on the 23rd of February was robbery. The votes of the people were stolen, but we are not deterred.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe president sent me to thank you today. We are going to make sure that everything that was stolen on the February 23 would be restored.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is not possible that Sen. Godwill Akpabio lost. We are in no doubt that Senator Akpabio is the elected senator of Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District.<\/p>\n
\u201cI and Adams Oshiomhole, the National Chairman of the party have been in the opposition for long and we cannot be defeated anymore.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone of you should go out to vote on Saturday and defend your votes, we cannot be cheated; not only you but tell your neighbours to vote for Obong Nsima Ekere and all APC candidates.<\/p>\n
\u201cWait for your votes to be counted. It is the duty of the Federal Government to provide security and we will do that. We will recover every one of our votes, \u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The National Chairman of APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, said the party was not in the state to lament but to appreciate the people of the state for doing their jobs and voting President Buhari and Prof. Osinbajo.<\/p>\n
He alleged that INEC colluded with some of the electoral officers to deny the state of its electoral victory on Feb 23, even though the people voted for APC.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have not come here to lament that our mandate was stolen on February 23. We have come to thank you that you voted for President Buhari, and all members of the party. You did your job but some armed robbers in INEC stole your votes.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou think that those who stole your votes will have peace? We have come to reaffirm our commitment with democracy.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have come to affirm that no robber will go unpunished, but when an electoral umpire is corrupt and collude with the opposition, we have the witnesses and we have lawyers to deal with that.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn Saturday, we are not going to wait for them to steal out votes. We call on Akwa Ibom people to protect their votes. We must maintain our sanity even in this hour of provocation.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose who committed democratic abortion would be brought to book,\u201d Oshiomhole said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday said that the votes of the Akwa Ibom people allegedly stolen during the Presidential and National Assembly elections of Feb. 23, would be reclaimed. Buhari said this during a town hall meeting held in Uyo to thank the people of the state for casting their votes for the All Progressives […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[371,34,97,38,173],"class_list":["post-5877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-akwa-ibom","tag-apc","tag-buhari","tag-election","tag-parties"],"yoast_head":"\n