ARREST: Nigerian youth call for Adamawa REC, Mr. Hudu Ari, to be arrested after declaring Binani as winner before INEC

Nigerian youth call for Adamawa REC, Mr. Hudu Ari, to be arrested after declaring Binani as winner before INEC 

Hong made the call after Ari declared Senator Aisha Dahiru, popularly known as Binani, winner of the 2023 gubernatorial poll.

But the REC made his way to the hall to make the pronouncement and departed immediately.

The returning officer was nowhere in sight when the REC made the announcement which triggered confusion.

He made a premature declaration of the winner of the supplementary governorship election that took place on Saturday when results were still being expected from 10 LGAs.

Hudu Ari named the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Sen Aishatu Ahmed Binani as the winner of the election at about 9.30 am Sunday, less than two hours before the scheduled time of resumption of collation.

Questions were being asked following Ari’s declaration as to his authority to declare results when he is not the chief collation officer.

This would be the second time in the governorship election in Adamawa State when Hudu Ari would be involved in a controversy.

In the course of the main election of March 18, an audio had leaked in which he allegedly asked one of his subordinates to rig the election for the same Binani, an allegation which he never denied.