Any attempt to upturn the victory of the party in Adamawa gubernatorial election will be resisted by the All Progressives Congress (APC)
Recall that APC gubernatorial candidate in Adamawa State was declared winner of Saturday’s April 15th supplementary elections as announced by the State’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Barrister Hudu Yunusa.
The party disclosed this at a Press Conference held at its state headquarters in Yola, bemoan ng the negative propaganda spread on the media by Government Agents of the state’s ruling People’s Democratic Party in order to discredit the process that produced Aishatu a serving Senator as the winner of the keenly contested election.
Expressing its concern, the Party’s State Acting Chairman,Elder Samaila Tadawus said that the party will explore all legal means possible to protect the mandate of Aishatu noting that she is already the state Governor elect. The party absolved its candidate from media reports that she attempted to manipulate the process through financial inducements, saying their candidate remains the most popular amongst others as there was no need for her to thwart the process.
The Party said that contrary to false narrative peddled against their candidate, it was the State Government who mounted pressures on two National Commissioners on observation duty to illegally suspend the State’s Resident Electoral Commissioner.
It accused government agents sponsored by the incumbent state Governor and PDP candidate Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of sponsoring violence in the state , which include the molestation of INEC officials as thugs were used to beat up and strip naked one of the INEC officials thinking he was the REC.
Samaila also dismissed reports that the REC usurped its powers in declaring Binani as winner, insisting that the INEC official is also saddled with such responsibility.
The party called on security agencies to arrest persons involved in formenting trouble in the state while urging the citizens to remain peaceful and law abiding. The party also urged the Electoral umpire to allow the court process to prevail in redressing Electoral matters.
