Following the controversy over the Adamawa State governorship supplementary poll, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is set to hold an emergency meeting aimed at resolving the issue, today.
Prof. Yunusa Hudu Ari, the Resident Electoral Commission (REC) for Adamawa State, had on Sunday, declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Aisha Dahiru, popularly called Binani, as winner of the election.
But INEC had voided the declaration and suspended the collation of the election following outrage that trailed the declaration.
INEC National Commissioner, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, who announced the suspension of the collation in a statement said the commission had summoned the REC and all involved to its headquarters in Abuja.
“The attention of the commission has been drawn to a purported declaration of winner in the Adamawa governorship election by the REC, even when the process has clearly not been concluded.
“The action of the REC is a usurpation of the power of the returning officer. It is null, void and of no effect. Consequently, the collation of results of the supplementary election is hereby suspended,” the statement reads.
Before Saturday’s supplementary election, the result declared earlier on March 18, showed incumbent Governor, Fintiri leading with 421,524 votes, against Binani’s 390,275.
