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Binani Asks Court To Review Adamawa Poll
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Binani Asks Court To Review Adamawa Poll

Aisha ‘Binani’ Dahiru has asked a federal high court in Abuja to review the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to void her controversial declaration as the winner of the Adamawa governorship election. The ex parte motion, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/510/2023, was filed on April 17. The Adamawa governorship supplementary election was conducted on Saturday following the declaration of the March 18 poll as inconclusive over alleged irregularities. The collation of election results was suspended till Sunday after results from 10 LGAs were announced. However, INEC discontinued the exercise after Hudu Yunusa-Ari, the resident electoral commissioner, declared Binani, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner. Yunusa-Ari made the declaratio...