Two of the three governorship aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa State, Mahmood Halilu Ahmed (Modi) and Nuhu Ribadu, have said the conduct of the governorship primary across the state Friday through Saturday was so flawed that no result from it could be acceptable to them.
In separate press briefings Saturday morning, both aspirants insisted that the primary did not take place anywhere in the state and that they were perplexed that some results were already being bandied.
Modi who spoke at his ward in Yola town as the results of the primary were being collated at the APC state headquarters in Jimeta, asserted that the entire process was fraudulent and its result could not stand even in a Banana Republic.
Proclaiming that he would reject the result of the primary even if he was declared winner, Modi said, “The guidelines were flouted so much that an electoral officer who supervised the exercise in Mubi North (Governor Muhammed Jibrilla’s home local government area) announced the result of the election and declared one of the aspirants winner on camera, something which should only be done by the chief returning officer.” Read more