{"id":65353,"date":"2019-03-09T15:20:32","date_gmt":"2019-03-09T14:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=65353"},"modified":"2019-03-09T15:20:32","modified_gmt":"2019-03-09T14:20:32","slug":"presidential-election-rigging-reason-for-poor-voters-turnout-atiku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/presidential-election-rigging-reason-for-poor-voters-turnout-atiku\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidential Election Rigging Reason For Poor Voters Turnout-Atiku"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nPresidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku
\nAbubakar, has attributed the low turn-out of voters in the ongoing
\ngovernorship and state assembly elections to alleged rigging of the
\npresidential poll.<\/p>\n

Atiku spoke after casting his ballot at the Ajiya polling unit 02,
\nGwadabawa ward of Yola north local government of Adamawa state.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is low voter turn out and I believe it\u2019s because of the last
\nelection which was marred by a lot of irregularities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The former Vice President said the involvement of the military in the
\nelection is unconstitutional, urging the electorate to be law-abiding.<\/p>\n

Speaking on his loss, Atiku said he was committed to challenging the
\nresult 0f the election in court.<\/p>\n

He called on his supporters to remain calm and await the outcome of the
\nlegal action.<\/p>\n

Earlier, President Muhammadu Buhari said he expected Atiku to challenge
\nthe presidential election in court.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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