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Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has described those doubting the elections results from his state as unserious.
President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) scored 1,464,768 to defeat the People’s Democratic Party (PDP’s) candidate Atiku Abubakar, who polled 391,593.
When Ganduje was asked to react to those questioning the figures coming from Kano he said: “First of all, they are not serious people; they are people who are anti-democracy. If you saw how the elections were conducted, I think everybody will agree that INEC tried very well. Even though there was low turnout of voters because we were expecting to get much more than that (figure), but the elections were fair and free.
“Those who say we couldn’t have got that much (figure) are ignorant of the politics of Kano.”
Ganduje said the results of the presidential and the National Assembly elections had put the APC in the good stead to win the March 9 gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections.
When asked why he could not deliver the five million votes he promised, he said: “Well, I told you it was because of the low turnout of voters but I promise you next time…let’s look towards the governorship election.”
On his chances during the coming gubernatorial election, Ganduje said: “My chances are very high and you can see the beginning of it with the presidential election. “We gave Mr. President the highest number votes; all the three senators are back; 24 House of Representatives members out of 24 have succeeded. What else are you expecting? That is the foundation. Another thing is that Mr. President has done a lot of work in Nigeria and in Kano and as a government we have done a lot in Kano State. If there was negative reaction we would have seen it from the presidential election. That is why I say we are heading for a huge success in Kano both in the gubernatorial and state House of Assembly elections.”
On his mission at the Presidential Villa, he said: “I am here to expressed my happiness and to congratulate Mr. President personally and to also thank all Nigerians for voting Mr. President for the second term, for voting the most honest person because he laid the foundation for the development of a new Nigeria, and a man who loves Nigeria more than himself, a man who believes in free and fair elections.
“We are forging ahead in terms of getting the right things done in Nigeria. So, I’m here to congratulate him personally before we come as a group from Kano to congratulate him.”
