Binani’s acceptance speech proves she’s party to illegal declaration – Falana

Human right activist, Femi Falana (SAN), has said said that the Adamawa State gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Aisha ‘Binani’ Dahiru should be investigated following her alleged involvement in her illegal declaration.

According to Falana, Binani’s acceptance speech confirmed that she was in on the illegal declaration by the INEC REC officer, Hudu Yunusa.

Speaking in an interview with Channels TV's Sunrise Daily on Thursday, Falana described Binani's declaration and her her acceptance speech as a charade.

He said: ”With respect to the acceptance speech, it already confirmed that she was party to the charade. She has to be brought in by the police and investigated.

“How did you prepare a speech if you did not know that you were going to be declared the winner because, at that stage, the collation had not been concluded?

“The last point is the role of NTA. The NTA televised the acceptance speech. I expect the NBC to move in speedily and sanction the NTA because, at that time, collation was still ongoing.”

Recall that the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Yunusa, had declared Binani winner of the state gubernatorial election.

However, INEC, cancelled the declaration and later announced Peoples Democratic Party, PDP's Ahmada Fintiri as the winner and Adamawa governor-elect.