Adamawa Guber: God forbid Binani becomes governor – Babachir Lawal

Adamawa Guber: God forbid Binani becomes governor – Babachir Lawal

 Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF),
Babachir Lawal, has said it was impossible for Aisha Binani of the All
Progressives Congress, APC, to become the governor of Adamawa State.

 

Lawal claimed that Binani was not qualified to be governor
of Adamawa, adding that she does not have the character for the position and
did not get the required votes during the first Governorship election conducted
by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on March 18.

 

Speaking on Arise TV on Monday, the former SGF said: “ God
forbid, it is impossible for Binani to become governor of Adamawa State.

 

“At the initial, she was not qualified, she does not have
the character and she did not get the vote. During the first election, take
note that I am not PDP or APC.

 

“But the PDP got 421525 votes and the APC got 380275 votes,
the PDP was leading with over 31,000 votes at that stage. Now after the
collation of about 20 local governments out of 21 in Adamawa, the remaining one
local government remains, and that is where the problem started.

 

“They started doctoring the results, they stole the results
and started manipulating it.”

 

Lawal’s assertions are coming after the controversy that
trailed results collation after Saturday’s supplementary election in the state

 

The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Adamawa
gubernatorial election, Hudu Yunusa-Ari, caused a major uproar after he
announced Binani winner of the governorship election on Sunday while collation
was ongoing.

 

Before the collation exercise was suspended on Saturday
night, results from ten local government areas had been announced and Binani
was trailing the incumbent governor and the PDP candidate, Ahmadu Fintiri.

 

However, INEC swiftly denounced the purported declaration
and suspended the collation of results of the supplementary election.

 

The electoral umpire further summoned the REC to Abuja with
immediate effect.

Source: Adamawa Guber: God forbid Binani becomes governor – Babachir Lawal

 - NigerianEye

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