Adamawa Guber: Fintiri won, PDP insists
By John Alechenu, Abuja
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has insisted that its candidate, the incumbent governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, needs to be declared winner of the Adamawa State Governorship Election primarily based on information on floor and the already collated outcomes.
National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, mentioned this in a press release, in Abuja, on Sunday.
The get together known as on the folks of Adamawa State, Nigerians and the International Community to ignore the purported declaration of the defeated Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Aisha Binani as winner of the Adamawa State Governorship election.
Ologunagba mentioned, “The PDP additionally calls for for the quick arrest and prosecution of the Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mallam Hudu Yunusa Ari, for making such unlawful declaration in felony usurpation of the duties and powers of the Returning Officer, Prof Mohammed Mele, whereas collation was on-going.
“It is much more absurd that the Adamawa State REC didn’t solely usurp the powers of the Returning Officer however tried to declare a winner with out figures in reckless violation of the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended), the Electoral Act, 2022, INEC Guidelines in addition to the sensibility of the folks of Adamawa State.
“This reprehensible felony conduct of the Adamawa State REC confirms the sooner alarms by the PDP which demanded for his quick elimination from Adamawa State following proof of his complicity and being compromised by the APC and its candidate to control the election of their favour however the votes by the folks of Adamawa State.
“Mallam Yunusa Ari’s motion is subversive and calculated to trigger disaster in Adamawa State, destabilize our democracy and peaceable co-existence as a nation.
“We name on the Inspector General of Police to instantly arrest Mallam Yunusa Ari and make him face the complete wrath of the legislation for his conduct.
“The PDP notes the pronouncement by INEC Headquarters that the motion of Mallam Yunusa Ari is “null, void and of no impact.
“The PDP due to this fact calls for that INEC Headquarters ought to instantly direct the Returning Officer to conclude collation, announce the outcomes from the Polling Units and declare our candidate, Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri as winner, having scored nearly all of lawful votes forged.
“From the outcomes already collated throughout the 69 Polling Units the place the supplementary elections held and that are on the INEC Result Viewing (IReV) portal, Governor Fintiri clearly gained the election.
“Our Party therefore demands that INEC should without further delay announce the results as already collated from the Polling Units and declare Governor Fintiri as winner. Anything short of this will not be accepted by our Party and the people of Adamawa State.”
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