Adamawa Guber: Fleeing REC writes security agents from hiding, insists Binani won, ‘opens can of worms’

The embattled Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Barrister Yunusa-Ari has written a lengthy letter to heads of Security agents explaining how Senator Aishatu Binani of the All Progressives Congress, APC, won the governorship election.

He revealed that the two National Commissioners, Baba Bila and Abdullahi Zuru, who had been tasked to assist him with the supplementary election on April 15, were secretly working with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to rig the results.

The suspended Commissioner who is wanted by the Police, having been reported by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC addressed the letter to the Inspector General of Police, and copied the Director-General of the State Security Service (SSS), National Security Adviser (NSA) and the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The suspended Commissioner went into hiding since April 16, minutes after he suddenly declared Mrs Ahmed winner while collation in the supplementary exercise was still underway.

The INEC boss in Adamawa did not present any evidence to support his declaration, which he appeared to have made offhand. He was seen later that day leaving the state in a chartered flight and has not been seen ever since.

INEC headquarters in Abuja subsequently nullified Mr Yunusa Ari’s action, summoned him to Abuja and asked the police and other security agencies to take him into custody.

The agency later concluded the election and declared Ahmadu Fintiri of the PDP winner. President Muhammadu Buhari also ordered the immediate arrest of Mr Yunusa Ari for the illegal declaration, which sparked nationwide anxiety.