Binta Garba, a former senator from Adamawa, has asked the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to review the March 18
governorship election in the state.
Speaking in an interview on Channels Television, on Friday,
Garba alleged that the election was characterised by overvoting and
manipulation of results.
On March 20, the electoral commission declared the
governorship election in the state as inconclusive.
Mohammed Mele, the collation officer, announced that Ahmadu
Fintiri, the incumbent governor and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),
scored 421,524 votes while Aisha Binani, candidate of the All Progressives
Congress (APC), polled 390, 275 votes.
Mele said the margin between the two top candidates was less
than the total number of potential voters — 37,016 — in 69 polling units where
elections were cancelled.
However, Binani had asked INEC to review the results of some
LGAs
The electoral umpire had fixed April 15 for the
supplementary election in the state.
Reacting to the development, the former senator asked INEC
to ensure that the results are authenticated with the numbers of accredited
voters recorded by the bimodal voter accreditation system (BVAS) machines.
“In one of the 16 wards in my local government, there were
two polling units (oo9 and 003), and there was overvoting in these polling
units. When we were called upon, I asked the INEC staff what the electoral law
stipulates about overvoting,” she said.
“Prior to the election, INEC made it known that if you have
one vote over and above the BVAS accreditation, obviously there is an
overvoting. So, polling unit 009 had an overvoting of one, while polling unit
003 had two.
“Right there, the INEC staff affirmed this and on the INEC
form, they recorded zero for both PDP and APC. But to my amazement, the result
from polling unit 009 was included for PDP votes, while a rerun is being
organised for 003.
“I’m pleading with
the INEC chairman, the women of Adamawa and Nigeria are pleading that they
should check and authenticate the BVAS.”
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