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Distinguished Senator Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed, a.k.a Binani, the winner of the court voided APC governorship primary elections in Adamawa state, has finally broken the silence, following the negative reaction to the court judgement, especially by the disenchanted women groups that have taken to self-disenfranchisement by destroying their PVCs as meaningless without their governorship candidate.
Binani has appealed to her teeming supporters to be faithful to fate, while she was in stakeholders consultations with a view to appeal the judgement of High Court sitting in Yola, Adamawa state that nullified the governorship primary elections of the All Progressives Congress, APC, which produced her as the governorship candidate of the party.
She said that Malam Nuhu Ribadu, her elder brother, has the right to challenge her victory at the poll, before the law as he duly did, which she considered as normal and not unexpected in politics.
She considered the judgment as a test of faith, which she prayed to be among those who would scale through, with the mindset that power and authority do not belong to anyone but to Allah SWT, He gives it to whomever He Wishes and takes it from whomever He wishes at His appointed time.
She appealed to her supporters not to be self-disenfranchised by destroying their PVCs the functions of which were beyond the use for voting
She said that the judgement having disqualified the election, has not given the option to the conduct of fresh primary elections of the party, therefore, her take is to seek for judgement that would reaffirm her governorship ticket before the appeal court, urging the teeming supporters should remain calm and wait for the outcome of the appeal court judgment.
As APC presidential campaign coordinator for Adamawa state, the amazing amazon said her mission is to ensure victory for APC candidates in the 2923 general elections.
“We’re all members of APC. The fact that Malam Nuhu Ribadu, my elder brother, is a friend to the presidential candidate will not in any way discourage me from my task to ensure victory for APC in Adamawa state. It’s all about the party rather than the candidate,” Binani said.
Justice Abdul-aziz Anka has on Friday declared as null and void the election conducted on May 26, 2022 by the APC and accordingly annulled the purported victory of Binani as the winner of the election.
During the primary election, Binani polled 430 votes to defeat her closest contender, Nuhu Ribadu, who scored 280 votes,
Ribadu had challenged the emergence of Binani in a suit filed on June 9, 2022, claiming that 1,009 delegates were accredited, contrary to the outcome which indicated that a total of 1,011 votes were cast.
The former anti-corruption boss, accordingly urged the court to nullify the election and order a fresh conduct of another governorship primary.