Adamawa: Rufai – The REC Went To Declare APC As Winner Whereas The Returning Officer Was Being Assaulted

Amid the continuing public outrage that has greeted the drama that has trailed Saturday’s supplementary governorship election within the North-Central state of Adamawa, in style tv anchor, and political analyst, Rufai Oseni has come out to share his ideas on the difficulty. Continue Reading…

Recall that on Sunday, April 16, 2023, the nation’s media area was awash with reviews that the nationwide headquarters of the INEC nullified the declaration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Aishat Dahiru Ahmed (Binani) because the winner of the keenly-contested governorship election in Adamawa after the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Barrister Hudu Yunusa illegally assumed the function of a Returning Officer to announce ends in favor of the APC.

Barrister Yunusa was stated to have sneaked into the state election collation heart two hours earlier than consequence collations had been to renew on Sunday and introduced that Binani had gained the polls regardless of not being the Returning Officer.

Whereas reacting to the incident throughout an interview on Voice Of the People FM on Monday morning, Rufai revealed that the INEC-approved Returning Officer, who’s College Professor was being bodily assaulted by some individuals on the time the Resident Electoral Commissioner went into the collation heart to declare victory in favor of the APC.

He stated; “Once I heard what occurred in Adamawa on Sunday, I wept for Nigeria my nation. We taking the highway of insanity. To me, that is the peak of insanity and garbage. What degree of desperation is that this? I overtly clamored for the APC to win in Adamawa as a result of I needed a girl to change into governor. But when that is the perspective a feminine is already exhibiting, then I now not need it. I’m unhappy for my nation.

Have you learnt what occurred? It was all a plan. There have been ten native governments but to be counted, that’s, 10 outcomes to go. The INEC REC got here in and postponed the consequence collation, asking individuals to come back again the next day by 11 am. Earlier than the introduced time, the person got here again and declared the winner when there have been nonetheless ten extra native authorities outcomes uncounted. That was a coup. Throughout that point, the State Returning Officer, a university professor who was speculated to learn the consequence, had been taken to 1 nook and crushed. After which, the APC candidate, a girl whom all people was clamoring for, went forward to probably the most undignified factor by studying an acceptance speech.” Continue Reading…