I Was Not Defeated In The National Assembly Election, I Was Robbed – Shehu Sani

Senator Shehu Sani will not accept his defeat at the National Assembly election because according to him, he did not lose and was robbed.

The lawmaker emerged third in the election, losing to Uba Sani of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Mr Shehu defected from the APC to People’s Redemption Party (PRP) in 2018 after a major disagreement with Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai.

Yesterday, he said the election experienced massive electoral malpractices.

His words, “I don’t think I lost that election because you hardly lose an election when it is free, fair, and credible. When it is a robbery, it is either you are robbed, or you robbed; and in that case; I was robbed.

“There was virtually no credible National Assembly elections in Kaduna. They stuffed ballots, they thumb-printed, there was over voting, and the card readers in many places never worked.

“The story of Kaduna National Assembly election was not different from what happened in other places where it was confirmed by the observers, and even other opposition parties, that the elections in Kaduna, as far as the National Assembly election, was simply a farce.

“You have cases where you have ballot papers for the presidential election, House of Reps but none for the Senate (election) and it was an active connivance between INEC officials and the state government and ruling party in the state.”