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A female presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Ndidi Key, has called on the leadership of the party to declare her its presidential flag bearer.
Key who also called for the conduct of a fresh election within 24 hours if she was not declared winner, made this known in a statement by her counsel, Yakubu Eleto Chambers, on Thursday, in Abuja.
The presidential aspirant said that her demand was based on the gross manipulation and illegalities occasioned at the party’s primary elections which took place across the country on June 5.
She alleged that the election was marred by manifest corrupt practices and not in compliance with the guidelines of the party.
“We are therefore by this press statement urging the party to within the next 24 hours declare Key the winner of the primary election held on June 5 without further delay or order a fresh primary election where all aspirants will be given a level playing ground,” the statement read.
Key further alleged that there was overwhelming evidence including video footage to show that the elections were marred by illegalities and gross malpractices.
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She alleged that the electoral irregularities were detrimental to her chances of winning as the most popular candidate and the only woman in the race.
According to the presidential hopeful, the leadership of the PRP also worked against her before and during the state primary election.
Key’s counsel also alleged that while delegates’ list was tampered with in some states, the party’s electoral committee members were publicly canvassing for votes for Abiola and delegates threatened to vote for him in some other states.
He also alleged that the primary results which were in her favour in some states were altered in favour of Kola Abiola, her opponent.
The presidential aspirant also alleged that: the purported affirmation of Abiola as a consensus candidate of the party was contrary to the Nigerian Constitution, the Electoral Act and laws guiding the election.
(NAN)
