Governor Seyi Makinde Oyo State has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to do the right thing by declaring the authentic winner of the governorship election in Adamawa State.
Governor Makinde made the call in Yola Monday during an interview with newsmen after paying a solidarity visit to his counterpart, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri in the Government House.
While commending INEC for a job well done in Oyo State and expressed confidence that the electoral umpire will prove its worthiness in the Adamawa process as according to him the whole world is watching.
He described the illegal declaration of All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate as winner of the election as unimerginable and shame on the person of the State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Barrister Hudu Yunusa Ari.
“We have stories to tell and with time as we evolve the process of getting people who will do certain things for us with little more vigorous and people like the current REC has no place in our future democratic process,” he said.
Makinde urged the people of Adamawa State to remain calm and assured that the current situation will be resolved and their decision would be respected by the concerned authorities.
“I also wish to encourage the people of Adamawa State, they have spoken and spoken very loud and they should be rest assured the whole world is watching, they should be calm,” said Makinde.
He asked Governor Fintiri not to worry at all, saying that INEC has enough people of confidence to do what is right for Adamawa State by extension for democracy in Nigeria.
It could be recalled that on Sunday morning, the Adamawa REC, Barrister Ari has declared Aishatu Dahiru Binani of APC as winner of Governorship election while the collation of results of rerun election conducted in the state was not completed.
