APC goes to Tribunal in Kaduna state
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i also want to commend the party members for their performance during the local government elections1 all progressives congress apc has resolved to challenge the victory of pdp in four councils in the recently concluded local government elections in kaduna state1 el-rufai spoke at apc state congress in kaduna on saturday and said we gave them what they dont know we gave them justice. unfortunately even with that justice they tried to cheat1 we are going to challenge the chairmanship they said they won at the tribunal. we already have 14 for the remaining five we want to have 14 plus five1 we can do that if we stay together unite and work hard. we must be firm. remember we are dealing with pdp people who are not honest1 they dont know the meaning of honesty integrity fairness it has been taken from their vocabulary for the last 16 years1 so we must be prepared. we want to play fair but they dont know the meaning of fairness he said1 the governor said he was confident that under the new apc executive led by retired air commodore emmanuel jakada the party would grow from strength to strength1 he thanked other party members that wished to contest for their positions but who in the spirit of unity and consensus stepped down for a smooth consensus-based congress1 i want to assure them and to say that the party and the government will not forget them this i promise1 i want to thank the party leaders for the smooth congress that we have had at the ward and the local government and now the state without any problem. this is because of your maturity and commitment to the party1 governor nasir el-rufai said apc in kaduna state would head to the tribunal to challenge opposition peoples democratic party pdp1 when we started planning for these local government elections we made it clear that we are a party of justice1 that we are not going to cheat in the elections. and we believe that people should be given the opportunity to choose which party they want to govern them at the local government level1 we went the extra-ordinary length to purchase the evm electronic voting machine so that the elections will be free and fair. we did what the pdp has never done to any other party1 we gave them what they dont know we gave them justice. unfortunately even with that justice they tried to cheat1 the governor urged the party members to be prepared1 we want to play fair but they dont know the meaning of fairness. we must not sleep but be prepared mobilise to the remaining local government areas and make sure we are not cheated1 but we will not cheat anybody we want the votes of the people to count1 apc won 14 chairmanship seats in the council polls and pdp won four seats while elections were rescheduled in five local government areas1 pdp on sunday rejected the results of the elections and said it would challenge the outcome in court1 meanwhile at the state congress held on saturday apc members elected jakada as chairman and malam muhammad shuaibu as secretary1 mr frank ikpe of the apc national congress committee conducted the congress elections. nan1