The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has filed a six-count charge against a suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Adamawa State, Barrister Hudu Yunusa-Ari. The charges were filed at the High Court in Yola, the state capital, according to INEC’s spokesman, Barrister Festus Okoye. In a statement on Thursday, Okoye said the electoral body took the action after reviewing the …

The judiciary has been warned against interfering with the electoral processes in Adamawa State following last Sunday’s false declaration of a winner of the supplementary elections held in the state a day earlier. The state’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Barrister Hudu Yunusa-Ari had announced Senator Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed (well known as Binani), the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, …

Confusion prevails in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, on Sunday morning as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the state governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Aishatu Dahiru Binani the winner of the election. The Resident Electoral Commissioner for the state, Barrister Hudu Yunusa made the declaration following the supplementary election held Saturday. As at last …

A Federal High court in Yola has nullified the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary that produced Senator Aishatu Binani as the party’s governorship candidate for Adamawa State. Binani is the only governorship candidate of any major political party in the North in the next year’s elections. The court on Friday also declared that there will be no candidate for the …