- This is even as he disclosed that the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Senator Aishatu Dahiru Binani, rightfully won the election and he has evidence to back up his claim.
The dismissed Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of Adamawa State, Hudu Yunusa-Ari, says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lost the 2023 governorship election in the State.
This is even as he disclosed that the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Senator Aishatu Dahiru Binani, rightfully won the election and he has evidence to back up his claim.
Yunusa-Ari revealed that he was coerced and pressured to declare PDP’s Governor Ahmadu Fintiri the winner of the controversial election.
Yunusa-Ari made the revelation on Saturday in an interview with select journalists in Bauchi.
He alleged that both the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, and the Election Tribunal deliberately shunning evidence of widespread electoral malpractices.
According to him, he and other officials were pressured to declare Fintiri the winner under threats to their security.
Swearing by the Holy Qur’an, he insisted that he acted in good faith and followed electoral guidelines.
He also accused INEC’s ICT head in Adamawa, Bala Aji, of compromising the election, alleging that Aji handed over 20,000 sensitive election documents to Governor Fintiri.
He further claimed that the documents were found in a private house linked to the governor, where top government officials were allegedly manipulating them.
Yunusa-Ari also alleged that Aji distributed BVAS machines and bribed INEC staff with foreign currency on election day, calling it a blatant abuse of office.
He lamented that his reports exposing those violations were ignored by INEC headquarters
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