Adamawa guber: CDD asks INEC to sanction REC over ‘illegal’ announcement of winner | TheCable
Yunusa Ari, the resident electoral commissioner of INEC in Adamawa, declared Binani as the winner around 9am on Sunday, sparking controversy.
Based on the announced figures, Binani was trailing Ahmadu Fintiri, the incumbent governor and Peoples Democratic Party candidate.The collation of the remaining 10 LGAs’ results was expected to commence by 11am on Sunday. According to sections 64 and 65 of the Electoral Act, only Lamido is empowered to declare the winner of the election.The electoral commission had promptly reacted by suspending the collation of results and declaring the announcement of the REC as null and void.
“We call on @inecnigeria to immediately exercise its powers by continuing the collation process that was scheduled to resume today, sanction all erring officials who carried out this illegal announcement and ensure that results are publicly available to all citizens.
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