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Binani Accuses INEC Of Frustrating Petition At Tribunal

todayJuly 22, 2023

 

 

 

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last gubernatorial election in Adamawa State, Senator Aishatu Dahiru Binani has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of frustrating her petition against the declaration of Adamu Fintri of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as winner of the poll.

Binani alleged that the electoral body in utter display of bias and disregard to the order of court is presently making desperate efforts to arrest and detain the suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner, Barrister Hudu Yunusa Ari as a ploy to prevent him from testifying for her at the ongoing Adamawa State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal.

Addressing a Media Conference in Abuja on Saturday on behalf of Binani, the APC Returning Officer at the Mach 18 Governorship election and the re- run of April 15, Alhaji Mustapha Umar Madawaki appealed to well meaning Nigerians to call INEC to order to allow the APC candidate reclaim her mandate obtained from the poll.

Madawaki who alleged that the electoral body was in conspiracy with the state government and anti-Binani forces to thwart the dilligent prosecution of the petition claimed that INEC wanted the suspended REC, apprehended and kept out of circulation to make him unavailable as witness for the governorship candidate.

Tracing the genesis of the election crisis and the resulting petition, the APC Returning Officer alleged that at the point of collation of results, INEC suddenly changed its trained add- hoc workers and substituted them with untrained staff that were not meant for collation.

The result of the unlawful change of add- hoc workers, he said, led to production of different election results from the one submitted by the authentic workers.

Alleging that the unlawful add- hoc staff list was submitted by an agent of the state government, the Returning Officer explained that the fact that INEC accepted the list and used it was a clear evidence and proof that it was biased in favour of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP.

He added that he has both the original investigative report and the doctored one at disposal as they refrained from elaborating further on some of the matters because they are before the Adamawa State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal.

Madawaki who described Senator Binani as a victim of gender discrimination in her governorship ambition said that Embassies and Diplomatic Missions would be carried along in the battle to regain the alleged stolen mandate of the governorship candidate.

Garry Ochigbo, Edited By Grace Namiji

Written by: Safiya Wada

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