Afrigather Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) within the 2023 polls, has stated the declaration of Adamawa governorship election outcomes was an upturn within the democratic needs of the folks of the state.
This was acknowledged in an announcement by his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, on Sunday in Abuja.
He stated that the choice of Malam Hudu Yunusa-Ari, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee, INEC, in Adamawa to declare the APC candidate, Sen. Aisha Binani, because the winner of the election, was a case examine within the chaotic 2023 normal elections.
“Right here in Adamawa, we’re witnesses to a novel apply in election administration the place a Resident Electoral Commissioner introduced the loser of an election as a winner”, he stated.
He additional stated that INEC has approached the Adamawa State election with a pre-set agenda of declaring the APC in any respect price.
It’s, subsequently, on this notice that we want to name the eye of the world to the scheme being perpetrated by INEC to compromise the electoral needs of the folks of Adamawa State,” he added.
Abubakar additionally stated INEC behaviour has adverse penalties on the society. He stated folks had seen how INEC carried out the Feb. 25 and March 18 elections in opposition to the run of play and later challenged cheated candidates to go to court docket.
In accordance with Abubakar, the folks of Adamawa wouldn’t enable themselves to be cheated thrice in a row.
He additionally related APC candidat’s ready acceptance speech was a pointer to the assured false victory which the INEC should have promised her.
He claimed that it was the identical REC who pressured the Returning Officer to control the outcomes of the Fufore Native Authorities Space within the March 18 governorship election.
Abubakar thus demanded the speedy resumption of the collation of outcomes and its finalisation in the present day, stating that the folks of Adamawa wouldn’t enable the injustice to cross with out being challenged.
“It is usually our demand that the Adamawa REC and every other events complicit on this treasonable act ought to be arrested instantly and prosecuted to the complete extent of the regulation”, he stated.
Abubakar stated it’ll function a deterrent to anti-democratic forces who could need to torpedo our democracy and provoke violence in our nation.
Yunusa-Ari had declared Binani as winner halfway into the collation. He introduced the ultimate consequence an hour earlier than the scheduled time.
