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Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) Presidential Candidate retired General Muhammadu Buhari yesterday said he would not congratulate President Goodluck Jonathan until his demands of subjecting results of 11 states to forensic analysis is done. The states are: Abia, Imo, Ebonyi, Enugu and Anambra in the South-East and Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Cross River, Delta, Edo and Bayelsa in the South-south.
Jonathan was declared winner of the April 16 Presidential election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Buhari, who spoke through his spokesman, Yinka Odumakin, also said that their demand for re-computation of the results done using the Excel application has to be met by the electoral body.
He said the results of the presidential election can only be adjudged to be credible if the issues he raised are tackled.
"Buhari can only congratulate President Jonathan if the results are deemed credible after the processes are thoroughly followed," Odumakin said.
Earlier, Buhari's running mate, Pastor Tunde Bakare, had said that the CPC resolved to contest the election results in 11 states.
Bakare told journalists in Lagos that the national average turnout during the presidential election was about 52 percent and about 46 percent respectively.
"The average turnout rate in the south-south and south-east zones (without Ebonyi and Edo States) at 78 percent is 50 percent above the national average of about 52 percent."
He wondered how President Jonathan was able to get over 85 percent of the valid votes cast in all the 11 states in the two zones with 10 of the said states at 95 percent and above, including four of the states at 99 percent and one at a near perfect 99.6 percent in his home state.
Source: Daily Trust.