NAIJA NEWS
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is set to announce the results of the controversial Adamawa State governorship election Thursday.
The National Commissioner and Chairman of information and Voter Education Committee, Dr Festus Okoye had stated that INEC will between Tuesday and Wednesday meet as a “Commission” on the matter.
Recall that the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Aisha Binani, was controversially declared the winner of the supplementary election on Sunday morning by the State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Hudu Yunusa.
Yunusa had walked into the collation center after the supplementary election was suspended on Saturday and announced Binani as the winner of the election.
At the time the REC announced Binani as winner of the poll, results of the supplementary election from 10 LGAs were yet to be collated.
But in a swift reaction, INEC rejected the results declared by the REC.
INEC summoned the REC and Mele Lamido, returning officer in the election, to its headquarters in Abuja.
Naija News reports that the declaration of election results is the responsibility of the returning officer, and not the resident electoral commissioner.
