Binani, the APC governorship candidate in Adamawa, claimed that INEC national officers paid a visit to Adamawa State Government House at night.
By Jeffrey Agbo
APC governorship candidate in Adamawa State Senator Aishatu Dahiru aka Binani has denied offering N2 billion bribe for her controversial declaration as governor-elect on Sunday by the resident electoral commissioner, Hudu Yunusa-Ari.
In a statement on Tuesday, she said an officer of the Department of State Services (DSS) was tortured by some thugs, state government agents and the Government House police for making such unfounded allegation against her.
She described herself as a democrat, who would never do anything to subvert democratic process.
She said: “My attention has been drawn to a very bizarre, unfounded wild allegations purportedly made by an officer of the Department of State Services to the effort that, I Senator Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed (Binani), gave out the sum of N2billion to procure a favourable declaration as governor-elect to some unnamed INEC staff. I never did; I would never do such.
“This statement was allegedly made when the officer was being tortured at gunpoint by the agents of the Adamawa State governor and the Government House police team alongside their political thugs.
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“I wish to reiterate that I am a democrat. I have always been a committed democrat and will never do anything to subvert democratic process. I am not do-or-die politician.
“In the past, I have won elections into the House of Representatives and the Senate in free and fair manner. What happened in Adamawa was an unsuccessful attempt to subvert the will of the people. The REC was illegally told to stand down by two INEC national commissioners from Abuja who were supposed to be in Adamawa in a supervisory capacity.”
Binani further said, “Even more curious is the nocturnal visit of some INEC national officers to Adamawa State Government House and bizarre declaration same day after the visit that they have taken over the collation through the backdoor, with collation and returning officers selected by the governor of Adamawa.
“The roles of these INEC officers from Abuja and the real mission of the two to the Government house should be of interest to all democrats.”
Binani, who thanked her supporters, urged all lovers of democracy to take deep interest in the just-concluded Adamawa poll.