- All that transpired in the Adamawa supplementary governorship election, has continued to generate mixed reactions in the polity
- While some political pundits continue to blame the entire process that led to the controversial declaration of Binani as the winner, others applauded INEC’s swift and timely response to the development
- Speaking with Legit.ng, a top Nigerian lawyer and political analyst lauded INEC’s intervention, noting it was in accordance with the provision of section 65 of the Electoral Act 2022
The electoral battle between Governor Ahmadu Umar Fintiri of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and his closest rival and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Aishat Dahiru (Binani) became the top news of the week when the Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Hudu Yunusa Ari declared winner of the supplementary poll without a figure on Sunday, April 16.
Reacting to the development, a lawyer and political analyst, Barrister Oluwole Olukunle Moses, revealed what the law says about Ari’s action, the process which the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), swiftly declared as “null, void and of no effect”, and how it affected the nation’s entire democratic system.
