By Adadainfo
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the collation of results of the supplementary election in Adamawa State.
Recall that the state resident electoral commissioner (REC), Hudu Yunusa, had declared Senator Aisha Dahiru Binani winner of the Adamawa governorship election. She is of the All Progressives Congress.
However, Mr Festus Okoye, INEC’s national commissioner and chairman Information and Voter Education, in a release, said the action of the REC usurped the power of the returning officer.
The statement read that, “The attention of the commission has been drawn to a purported declaration of winner in the Adamawa Governorship election by the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) even when the process has clearly not been concluded.
“The action of the REC is a usurpation of the power of the Returning Officer. It is null, void and of no effect. Consequently, the collation of results of the supplementary election is hereby suspended.
“The REC, Returning Officer and all involved are hereby invited to the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja immediately.”
