Electoral Commissioner Beaten Mercilessly After Declaring APC’s Winner Of Adamawa Poll
The Independence National Electoral Commission, Official who announced the Governorship candidate of All Progressive Congress, APC Senator Aishatu Dahiru Binani, as the winner of the Adamawa State Governorship election, allegedly being beaten and stripped.
This comes after a confusion earlier came as the outcome of the Supplementary Elections following the declaration of Binani, as the winner of the election by the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Barrister Hudu Yunusa of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state, freshreporters reports.
APC's Aisha Binani declared winner of Adamawa governorship election(video)
As at sound 1am Sunday, Freshreporters noted that the electoral body, INEC had adjourned collation till 11am to enable the arrival of results from 10 local government areas.
However, at about 8am on Sunday, three hours before the scheduled resumption of collation, the REC, accompanied by other security operatives, arrived the collation centre and invited journalists around to join him for a sudden address.
Despite not being the state returning officer, constitutionally mandated to declare outcome of governorship election, he was said to have brought out a paper from his pocket and declared the APC candidate, Aisha Binani, winner of the Adamawa State Governorship election.
INEC from it headquarters swiftly released a press statement Declaring the action of the REC null and void. The electoral umpire also declared the suspension of the Collation till further notice.
Meanwhile, freshreporters had seen in a viral video where the Resident Commissioner Who Declared Binani winner beaten to stupor and was whisked in a car.
Watch video below.
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