{"id":104297,"date":"2023-04-17T20:21:15","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T19:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=104297"},"modified":"2023-04-17T20:21:15","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T19:21:15","slug":"adamawa-recs-attempted-electoral-heist-lowest-point-of-the-2023-general-elections-pdp-govs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/adamawa-recs-attempted-electoral-heist-lowest-point-of-the-2023-general-elections-pdp-govs\/","title":{"rendered":"Adamawa REC&#8217;s attempted electoral heist, lowest point of the 2023 general elections &#8211; PDP Govs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The PDP Governors&#8217; Forum, has said that the attempted electoral heist and brigandage perpetrated by the Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Barrister\u00a0 Hudu Yunusa, is perhaps the lowest point of the 2023 General elections.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The governors while condemning what they called show of shame however commended the immediate steps taken by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC as an institution to recover its battered image by nullifying the attempted coup and suspending the REC.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In a statement by the Director General, PDP Governors&#8217; Forum, C.I.D. Maduabum,, the governors said, &#8220;The appropriate Returning Officer, Mele Lamido,\u00a0 should immediately conclude the collation and declare the result.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;One of the most important lessons of this election season is that the integrity of INEC personnel is crucial to free, fair, and credible elections as well as deployment of technology.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Going forward, there should be a deliberate process of revisiting the appointments of National and Resident Electoral Commissioners to weed out corrupt and extremely partisan officials. It is the partisan method of appointment of these officials that led to national disgrace in Adamawa State.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Appropriate sanctions, including prosecution of all those involved, especially the former Resident Electoral Commissioner,\u00a0 Barrister Hudu Yunusa, should be swiftly commenced to serve as an example to others.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;We enjoin all Nigerians to be on alert as we brace up to emerging threats to our democracy and the struggle for good governance in Nigeria.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\" dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The PDP Governors&#8217; Forum, has said that the attempted electoral heist and brigandage perpetrated by the Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Barrister\u00a0 Hudu Yunusa, is perhaps the lowest point of&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":102966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Adamawa REC&#039;s attempted electoral heist, lowest point of the 2023 general elections - PDP Govs - Pointblank News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/adamawa-recs-attempted-electoral-heist-lowest-point-of-the-2023-general-elections-pdp-govs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Adamawa REC&#039;s attempted electoral heist, lowest point of the 2023 general elections - PDP Govs - Pointblank News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The PDP Governors&#8217; 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