Atiku Reacts to Controversial Declaration of Aisha Binani as Adamawa Governor-Elect
- Atiku Abubakar, the PDP Presidential Candidate, has called on INEC to resume the collation of results for the Adamawa governorship election
- Atiku accused INEC of having a preset agenda to favour the APC and compromising the electoral wishes of the people of Adamawa state, which could lead to unrest
- The former VP demanded that the REC and any other parties involved in the "treasonable act" be arrested and prosecuted to deter anti-democratic forces and prevent violence in the country
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Yola, Adamawa state - Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately resume the collation of results for the Adamawa governorship election.
INEC had suspended the process after the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) declared Aisha Binani, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of the election, Daily Trust reported.
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Reject the game plan to upturn the democratic wishes of Adamawa residents - Atiku tells Nigerians
Atiku, through a statement by his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, called on Nigerians to reject the "game plan of trying to upturn the democratic wishes of the people of Adamawa State in the governorship election in the state."
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He further pointed out that the initial decision of the Resident Electoral Commissioner to declare the APC candidate as the winner is a glaring example of the "shambolic nature of the 2023 elections in general."
The statement reads:
“In Adamawa, we are witnesses to a novel practice in election management where a Resident Electoral Commissioner announced the loser of an election as a winner.
“It is not in doubt that INEC has approached the Adamawa State election with a preset agenda of declaring the APC at all cost.
“It is, therefore, on this note that we wish to call the attention of the world to the scheme being perpetrated by INEC to compromise the electoral wishes of the people of Adamawa State.
“We also wish to inform the world that such behaviour by INEC has a natural consequence of unsettling the peace and security of the society.
“We have seen how INEC conducted the February 25 and March 18 elections against the run of play and challenging cheated candidates to go to the court, knowing full well the agenda that they are up to.
“It must be put on record that the people of Adamawa State will not allow themselves to cheated three times in a row. It must also be put on record that whatever the consequences of the scheme being scripted, both the INEC and those vested with state powers should be blamed for the consequences of such actions.
“That the APC candidate has a prepared acceptance speech is a pointer to the guarantee of a false victory which the INEC must have promised her.
“It is also our demand that the Adamawa REC and any other parties complicit in this treasonable act should be arrested immediately and prosecuted to the full extent of the law to serve as a deterrent to anti-democratic forces who may want to torpedo our democracy and provoke violence in our country."
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