Plateau APC gov candidate vows to challenge result

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the Plateau State governorship election, Dr Nentawe Yilwatda, has said he will challenge the March 18 poll result declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission.

INEC on Monday declared the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Mr Caleb Mutfwang, as the winner of the election.

But Yilwatda, in a statement by his campaign council spokesperson, Shittu Bamaiyi, said he would not allow the collective aspirations and interests of the people of Plateau to be subverted.

The governorship candidate stated that he would be the last person to allow the people of Plateau to be short-changed in any way by enemies of the state.

The News Agency of Nigeria quoted him as saying, “I am ready to go the whole hog legally, in protecting and promoting the collective will and interest of the state.

“Having gone into partnership and agreement with the people to chart a new course for the state, it is unacceptable to allow the so-called result of the governorship election to stand.

Yilwatda urged his supporters to remain steadfast, resilient and unshaken, assuring them that they would reclaim their mandate.