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| Governor Abdullahi Ganduje |
People alleging Kano votes were inflated are ignorant - Ganduje reacts
Governor
Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has reacted to claims that Kano State
figures were inflated for President Muhammadu Buhari in last Saturday’s
election, as he called those who alleged increase in d figures,
ignorant.
This is following the report a spokesperson for the
Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Organisation, Osita Chidoka, who on
Tuesday queried the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),
over presidential results from northern part of Nigeria.
However,
while speaking with State House correspondents on Wednesday at the
Presidential Villa, Ganduje said that those peddling such rumours were
not well furnished with information regarding Kano politics.
The
governor said that Kano State aspired to give Buhari more votes than
what was recorded, but added that he was grateful to God that the
election was free and fair.
“So, those who are saying that we could not have got that much I think they are ignorant of the politics of Kano.
“If it is because of the low turnout, let’s wait for the governorship election. My chances are very high.
“You can see, the beginning of it is the presidential election. We got Mr President, we gave the highest number of votes.
“All
the three Senators are back, they won the elections; 24 House of
Representatives members out of 24; they have succeeded. What else are
you expecting?
“That is the foundation and another thing is
that Mr President has done a lot of work for Nigeria, he has done a lot
of work in Kano and we as government have done a lot of work, a lot for
the people of Kano State.
“If there is any negative reaction,
we could have seen it from this first election. So that is why I am
saying we are heading for a huge success in Kano State come the
governorship election and that of the state House of Assembly,” he
added.