Binani Remains Governor-Elect, Only Court And Not INEC Can Invalidate Her Victory —Akin Ariyo

<h4>Binani Remains Governor-Elect<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a> <&sol;strong>reports that Akin Ariyo&comma; a public affairs analyst&comma; in this opinion&comma; argues that Senator Aishatu Dahiru Binani&comma; the All Progressives Congress&comma; APC candidate who has been declared winner in the Adamawa State governorship supplementary election which held on April 15&comma; remains governor-elect&comma; awaiting swearing in irrespective of the reversal announced by INEC headquarters&period; He quoted relevant sessions of the constitution to back up his claims as presented below&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Sunday morning&comma; the Independent National Electoral Commission&comma; INEC declared Senator Aishatu Dahiru Binani the winner of the Adamawa governorship election&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>The Resident Electoral Commissioner for the state&comma; Barrister Hudu Yunusa made the declaration following the supplementary election held Saturday&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>The REC in company with the police commissioner&comma; Mohammed Barde&comma; Director of the Department of State Services and Commandant of Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps&comma; announced Binani as the winner&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Although the INEC HQ through its spokesperson paused the result and requested that all its officials to report to Abuja&comma; the declaration remains intact unless declared void by the court&comma;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>This is not unconnected to the fact that section 149 of the Electoral Act of 2022 stated that&colon;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Section 149 Nigeria Electoral Act 2022<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>Validation<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act&comma; any defect or error arising from any actions taken by an official of the Commission in relation to any notice&comma; form&comma; or document made or given or other things done by the official in pursuance of the provisions of the Constitution or of this Act&comma; or any rules made thereunder remain valid&comma; unless otherwise challenged and declared invalid by a competent court of law or tribunal&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Thus&comma; by this electoral act and action of the REC&comma; Binani is the substantive governor-elect of Adamawa as only the court and not INEC head office can decide on this so-called controversy&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>This informed the widespread jubilation across Adamawa by Binani and her massive supporters&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;