Suspended Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Hudu-Yunusa Ari, on Tuesday, said he had no regret announcing Aisha Binani Dahiru of the All Progressives Congress as the winner of the 2023 governorship election in the state.
Ari, who spoke on BBC Hausa Service on Tuesday, maintained that he acted in accordance with relevant laws in declaring the APC candidate as the governor-elect of the state before the declaration was overturned by the Independent National Electoral Commission’s national headquarters in Abuja…..CONTINUE READING
Ari sparked controversy after he announced Binani as the winner of the supplementary election in Adamawa State on April 15, 2023 while collation of results had yet to be completed.
INEC nullified the embattled REC’s declaration and suspended him. President Muhammadu Buhari also ordered full investigation of the REC and the security officers that were around him when he made the declaration.
INEC later concluded the supplementary election and announced the incumbent Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of the Peoples Democratic Party as the authentic winner of the poll.
INEC also wrote the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, and other security agencies to arrest and prosecute the embattled REC whose whereabouts had been unknown since the controversy started over two weeks ago.
But Ari, who spoke with the BBC Hausa Service from his hideout, said,
“I never demanded any gratification from either of Binani or Fintiri. None of the duo sent anything to me; if they have done so by now they will be demanding their monies back.”
The embattled REC while giving his reasons for announcing Binani as “winner” in the first instance, said, “Votes polled by candidates were disclosed, I don’t have the papers with me here but both in the main and supplementary elections, Binani scored 428, 173 while Fintiri got 422, 303 votes.
“I have no regrets at all as I acted under the law; it is the law that warranted what I did and it shall absolve me.”
“I will surely turn myself in to the police. Before, there was no summon from the police but now there is one. I will soon come out from hiding…..CONTINUE READING
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