BREAKING: APC’s Binani Announced Winner Of Adamawa Governorship Election Before Completion Of Results Collation
This used to be done by the REC and now now not the returning officer, as supplied by the Electoral Act.
A dramatic twist to the governorship election in Adamawa narrate has emerged because the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Aishatu Dahiru Binani has been declared the winner of the poll sooner than the completion of the collation of results.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Self reliant National Electoral Price (INEC), Hudu Yunusa, announced Binani because the winner, even when the resumption of the collation of results scheduled for 11 am on Sunday had yet to starting up.
This used to be done by the REC and now now not the returning officer, as supplied by the Electoral Act.
He allocated 221,303 votes to the Peoples Democratic Occasion (PDP) candidate and the incumbent governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri.
The figures allocated to Fintiri signify a 50 per cent shortfall of his initial collect of over 400,000 votes.
SaharaReporters had on March 20, 2023, reported that the Adamawa Impart governorship election had been declared inconclusive, even as Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri leads with 421,524.
Declaring the polls inclusive, the returning officer, Prof Mohammed Mele mentioned the election used to be inconclusive since the cancelled votes exceeded the margin of victory.
When collation opened after the supplementary election on Saturday, the returning officer, Mele, after collating results from about 10 native executive areas, adjourned collation to 11:00 am on Sunday.
On the opposite hand, as early as 9:00 am, the REC in firm with the police commissioner, Mohammed Barde, Director of the Department of Impart Products and providers and Commandant of Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, announced Binani because the winner.
