Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has revealed why the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won in his polling unit in the Local
Government election conducted on Saturday.
In an interview on Channels Television on Monday, El-Rufai said the
PDP won in his polling unit because his administration allowed
democracy to take place.
The governor said the election results show that the All
Progressives Congress (APC) did not interfere with the electronic
voting machines.
El-Rufai added that the PDP winning in his polling unit shows that
the people are finally making electoral choices based on the
performance of their elected officials.
According to the governor, the results of the election clearly show
that his government is finally uniting the state after years of division.
He said: “ Those that reported that the machines were programmed
were ashamed when it was reported that APC lost in my polling unit.
People were laughing that I lost my polling unit, but it is democracy
that won.
“I’m not on the ballot, so it is not a referendum on me, it is a
referendum on the councillor and the performance of the chairman of
the local council. The loss of my polling unit shows that we did not
programme these machines; we did not influence our independent
electoral commission, and the whole thing has worked very well.
“The results of the election so far are a unifying moment for our state
which is what we have been working on. We want to work against the
narrative that the PDP is a party for a part of the state, while the APC
is a party for another. Some people say PDP is a party of religious
affiliation, while the APC is that of another.
“The results of the election clearly show that we are finally uniting
Kaduna state and people are making choices based on the
performance of elected officials. ”