The chief press secretary to the Adamawa governor, Humwashi Wonosikou, says plans by Senator Aisha Dahiru (aka Binani) to prevent INEC from prosecuting the suspended Adamawa REC, Yunusa Hudu, is a waste of time.
In a statement yesterday, he dismissed the allegation by supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that INEC supported Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri to win the election as baseless.
Wonosikou reiterated that such is the antics of unsuccessful politicians who are desperate for power.
“Our attention has been drawn to a press conference held in Abuja on Saturday by the Binani led faction of the APC in Adamawa, in which they accused the INEC of supporting His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri to win the 2023 election in Adamawa; in the same statement, they accused what they described as some Abuja APC powerful politicians of sabotaging their effort.
“It is always the antics of unsuccessful politicians who are desperate for power. It is laughable that Mustapha Madawaki could be allowed to be used to spread dangerous allegations against Governor Fintiri and blame the so-called “Abuja” politicians for the electoral defeat of the APC 2023 governorship candidate in Adamawa State.
“That under normal circumstances it wouldn’t have been necessary to reply to coupists and their sponsors, especially that the matter is before an Elections Petition Tribunal.
“After her role in the failed civilian coup engineered by the now-suspended Adamawa REC, Hudu Yunusa Ari, Binani is expected to apologise to the people of Adamawa and Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri.
“Everyone knew that the APC governorship contest was tainted by pay-for-votes and the general dollarization of the entire process.
“Overvoting caused the entire primary election to be declared invalid by the Federal High Court in Yola. They anticipated that the cash-in-exchange-for-votes tactics that had won the APC primary would also be successful in the main election.
“To prevent INEC from prosecuting Hudu, she had an Abuja court issue a restraining order. Senator Binani was repeatedly misled by political mercenaries and conflict entrepreneurs who have no electoral value in Adamawa State, into thinking she was a superwoman and that every opposing voice in the party must be crushed, when in fact, the situation could have been resolved through more civilised means such as dialogue and reconciliation with stakeholders and the people of Adamawa,” he said.
