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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Vrati Nzonzo, claimed on Tuesday the APC governorship candidate in Adamawa State, Aisha “Binani” Dahiru, was being victimised because of her gender.
Nzonzo, who spoke in a Channels Television programme, Politics Today, said Binani clearly won the April 15 supplementary election but was denied the victory by people who were opposed to her governorship aspiration.
He declared that the announcement of the APC candidate as the winner of the election by the now suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Hudu Yunusa Ari, was the authentic result.
Nzonzo, who also the campaign coordinator for the Aishatu ‘Binani’ Dahiru Campaign Council in the state, vowed that the party would challenge the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in court for overturning Ari’s declaration in favour of Governor Ahmadu Fintiri.
The commission had on April 18 declared Fintiri as the winner of the election after he polled 430, 861 votes while Binani garnered 398,788 votes in the exercise.
The REC had earlier stirred controversy when he announced the APC candidate as the winner of the election with the results in 10 out of the 21 local government areas of the state collated by the commission.
He said: “As far as we are concerned, there seems to be a very biased position taken against our candidate. And it’s unfortunate…
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