The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has clarified the confusion surrounding the pronouncement of of Senator Aishatu Dahiru Binani as the winner of the Adamawa governorship election.
However, there was a little controversy as Prof Hudu Yunus Ari, the Resident Electoral Commissioner of Adamawa, declared Binani as winner midway into the collation.
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Mele Lamido, the returning officer for the Adamawa governorship election, was not present when Ari announced Binani as the winner of the election.
In its response, the INEC, in a statement issued through Festus Okoye, its Commissioner on Voters Education, noted that “the process has clearly not been concluded.”
He said;
The attention of the Commission has been drawn to a purported declaration of winner in the Adamawa Governorship election by the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) even when the process has clearly not been concluded.
The action of the REC is a usurpation of the power of the Returning Officer. It is null, void and of no effect.
Consequently, the collation of results of the supplementary election is hereby suspended.The REC, Returning Officer and all involved are hereby invited to the Commission’s Headquarters in Abuja immediately.
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