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BREAKING: Appeal Court Affirms Fintiri Adamawa Governor
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed the election of Ahmadu Fintiri of the People’s Democratic Party in the March 18 governorship election held in Adamawa State after dismissing the appeal of Aishatu Binani of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for lacking merit.
In the judgment prepared by Justice Tunde Awotoye and read by Justice Ebiowei Tobi on behalf of a three-member panel, the Appellate Court awarded the cost of N500,000 in favour of Fintiri and the PDP against Binani.
This judgment affirms the decision of the Tribunal on October 28 which dismissed the petition of Binani for failing to prove her allegations of over-voting by not tendering documents to prove her case faulting the outcome of the election.
The Appellate Court frowned at the premature announcement of the election outcome by the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Hudu Ari, adding that Binani’s appeal was plagued by several demons.
The Court stressed in strong terms that the action of the Resident Electoral Commissioner in announcing Binani as winner was illegal and an action outside of that prescribed by law as only the Returning Officer has such power.
It adds that the announcement of the result of the supplementary election by Hudu Ari while collation was still underway was unacceptable and hailed the Tribunal was right not to give relevance to the controversial action of the REC.
Justice Ebiowei Tobi in his reading of the judgment further said the “REC was on his own” and that INEC is not expected to take Panadol for his headache.
In the unanimous judgment, the Appellate Court holds that the Binani did a poor job of seeking to nullify the electoral outcome on grounds of non-compliance and corrupt practices by calling only three witnesses in an election that held in 14,104 polling units.
The Court further added that the witnesses couldn’t prove that the APC candidate got the majority of lawful votes cast as they were not polling unit agents but campaign coordinators and affiliates of the legal team involved in the matter.
Binani’s legal team, the Court therefore maintains, merely dumped documents without giving life to same as they were not the authors. The Court says the documents are meant to be evidence during hearing of the appeal, and that the failure of the witnesses to do the simple task of identifying the documents makes the action of the legal team amount to dumping of documents on the court.
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Police must pay transport fares, says AIG
” No police officer has the right to enter your vehicle without paying. We should assist one another willingly, not by force,” he said.
• The Assistant Inspector-General of Police(AIG) in charge of Zone 2 Command, Mr Olohundare Jimoh, speaking with transporters at Obalende garage, Lagos State, on Wednesday.
The Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 2 Command, Mr Olohundare Jimoh, has declared that officers must pay fares before boarding commercial vehicles, warning against abuse of authority.
Jimoh spoke on Wednesday at Obalende garage during a sensitisation meeting with drivers and transport workers marking National Police Day 2026.
He stressed that relations between police and the public must be based on partnership, not coercion, urging both sides to support each other voluntarily.
“No police officer has the right to enter your vehicle without paying. We should assist one another willingly, not by force,” he said.
Jimoh called for stronger cooperation to maintain safety and order on roads, insisting there was no conflict between officers and transport unions.
“I don’t collect money from officers. We don’t arrest people arbitrarily. If you have issues with any officer, report directly to me,” he said.
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will leave for Jos tomorrow to commiserate with the state government and residents over recent deadly gun attacks that lefts dozens dead.
This was following Governor Caleb Mutfwang’s security briefing to the President on the recent violent attack in Angwan Rukuba, Plateau State.
During the meeting on Wednesday at the presidential villa in Abuja, Governor Caleb Mutfwang told Mr President that although security forces have restored calm after fresh disturbances involving looters on Wednesday morning, following the deadly Palm Sunday attack that left more than a dozen dead and many others injured.
He said that investigations are continuing to determine the identities or motives of the attackers who are yet to be apprehended .
Presidency source said that President Tinubu was initially scheduled for a planned trip to Ogun State to flag off operations at the Gateway International Cargo Airport on Thursday.
From Jos, the President will travel to Lagos to observe Good Friday.
On Saturday, April 4, he will visit Ogun State to commission projects including the cargo airport.
He will then return to Lagos during the Easter holiday to commission several state infrastructure projects, including the Ojota/Opebi Link Bridge.
Before heading back to Abuja, the president will visit Bayelsa State on April 10 to commission projects completed under Governor Duoye Diri.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will tomorrow embark on a visit to Jos, Plateau State, as the first leg of a five-state tour across the country.
The Presidency announced that the President has postponed his scheduled trip to Ogun State to enable him to commence the series of official visits.
Details of the remaining four states in the tour are expected to be released by the Presidency in due course.
The development comes as President Tinubu continues nationwide engagements aimed at assessing development projects, interacting with stakeholders, and addressing key national issues in the respective states.
Further updates on the itinerary will be communicated as the visits progress.
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