Binani, shaker of Adamawa guber contest, beats retreat at tribunal

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Adamawa governorship election, Senator Aisha Dahiru-Ahmed, popularly called “Binani,” has beaten a retreat, withdrawing the suit filed against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The APC candidate had prayed the court for a judicial review of the decision by INEC to reverse her earlier announcement as winner of the poll by the state’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Hudu Yunusa-Ari.

But her counsel, Mohammed Sheriff, upon resumed hearing in the matter today, April 26, told Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja that a notice of discontinuance had been filed to that effect and urged the court to strike out the case.

Justice Ekwo reminded Sheriff that an order was given in the last adjourned date directing him to address the court on whether the court had the jurisdiction to entertain the case or not.

The lawyer, who informed the court that a lot of issues had came up between the last date of adjournment and today, begged for an order striking out the suit.

Source: NAN.