Vrati Nzonzo, the Coordinator of the Campaign Council of Aishatu “Binani” Dahiru of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Adamawa State governorship election has said that the suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Hudu Yunusa-Ari, declared Binani winner of the election because the Returning Officer, Mohammed Mele “disappeared” when collation resumed on April 16, 2023.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Tuesday in defence of Yunusa-Ari, the APC/Binani Campaign Council Coordinator said that “The Returning Officer disappeared.”
Contrary to Nzonzo’s claim, the collation of the supplementary election was postponed to 11a.m the following day but Yunusa-Ari resumed collation around 9a.m and subsequently announced Binani winner without the collation officer whose legal mandate it was to carry out such duty. INEC resumed collation of the election results on April 18 and subsequently declared the incumbent Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri of the Peoples Democratic Party winner of the polling having polled a total of 430,861 votes to defeat Binani who scored a total of 398,738 votes.
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