UPDATE: Binani Asks Court To Halt Adamawa Governorship Election

UPDATE: Binani Asks Court To Halt Adamawa Governorship Election

by Victor Ndubuisi
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Aisha Binani, an APC candidate for governor in Adamawa State, filed a lawsuit on Monday at the Federal High Court in Abuja, asking the court to halt further proceedings in the state’s ongoing governorship election.

In the application ex-parte application marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/510/2023, Aisha, applied for leave of the court to allow her to seek “an order of prohibition and certiorari removing to this court for the purpose of being set aside the administrative decision of the 1st Respondent made on 16th April 2023 in respect of the declaration of the winner from the gubernatorial election of Adamawa State held on the 18th of March, 2023 and the supplementary election held on 15th April 2023.”

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As well as an order of the court, “preventing the 1st Respondent, its agent, assign or any person acting on its behalf from taking any further steps towards the declaration of the winner from the gubernatorial election of Adamawa State held on the 18th of March and the supplementary election held on 15th April 2023, pending the determination of the application for judicial review”.

In contrast to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the Peoples Democratic Party, and its candidate/current governor of the state, Ahmadu Fintiri, the APC was listed as the 2nd Applicant in the lawsuit that was filed by a group of attorneys led by Hussain Zajariyau, SAN.

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This comes after Binani was proclaimed the victor of the Adamawa Governorship election by the REC for Adamawa, Hudu Yunusu-Ari.

 

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