{"id":86609,"date":"2023-04-20T11:55:56","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T10:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/suspended-rec-hudu-an-embarrassment-to-bauchi-gov-mohammed"},"modified":"2023-04-20T13:38:19","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T12:38:19","slug":"suspended-rec-hudu-an-embarrassment-to-bauchi-gov-mohammed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/suspended-rec-hudu-an-embarrassment-to-bauchi-gov-mohammed","title":{"rendered":"Suspended REC, Hudu an embarrassment to Bauchi \u2013 Gov Mohammed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State says the act of Hudu Ari in seeking to manipulate the outcome of the just concluded governorship election in Adamawa State, is an embarrassment to Bauchi State where Hudu comes from.<\/p>\n<p>Bala, who spoke to newsmen in Yola when he paid a congratulatory visit to his Adamawa State counterpart, Ahmadu Fintiri, after Fintiri\u2019s reelection earlier on Tuesday, stressed that Hudu\u2019s kith and kin back home are depressed by his action.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor us in Bauchi we are highly embarrassed and disgruntled. We feel ashamed that one of our own came and perpetrated this action,\u201d Governor Bala Mihammed said.<\/p>\n<p>He described corruption, which is believed to have driven Hudu\u2019s action, as a condemnable act that must be rejected by every right thinking person.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCorruption is temporary and whatever is gotten through such means will not stand,\u201d he asserted.<\/p>\n<p>He urged fear of God and adherence to playing the game by the rules, and commended Governor Fintiri for staying true to himself and believing in God and the people through which he emerged victorious.<\/p>\n<p>Hudu Ari stepped into much national infamy on Sunday when he declared winner of the governorship election in Adamawa State when collation of results had not been concluded.<\/p>\n<p>He declared as winner the APC candidate, Sen Aishatu Ahmed Binani, who was not even in the lead at the time and was never in the lead anytime throughout the collation exercise.<\/p>\n<p>As the state Resident Electoral Commissioner, he was not empowered by law to declare results nor announce winners.<\/p>\n<p>His act was immediately dismissed by INEC which on Tuesday concluded the result collation and declared PDP\u2019s Ahmadu Fintiri as winner.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State says the act of Hudu Ari in seeking to manipulate the outcome of the just concluded governorship election in Adamawa State, is an embarrassment to Bauchi State where Hudu comes from. Bala, who spoke to newsmen in Yola when he paid a congratulatory visit to his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":86608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1570,2140,629,10270,254],"class_list":["post-86609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-bala-mohammed","tag-hudu","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Suspended REC, Hudu an embarrassment to Bauchi \u2013 Gov Mohammed - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State says the act of Hudu Ari in seeking to manipulate the outcome of the just conclud ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/suspended-rec-hudu-an-embarrassment-to-bauchi-gov-mohammed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Suspended REC, Hudu an embarrassment to Bauchi \u2013 Gov Mohammed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State says the act of Hudu Ari in seeking to manipulate the outcome of the just conclud ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/suspended-rec-hudu-an-embarrassment-to-bauchi-gov-mohammed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-04-20T10:55:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-04-20T12:38:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/postQueueImg_1681975561.69.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"514\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/suspended-rec-hudu-an-embarrassment-to-bauchi-gov-mohammed#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/suspended-rec-hudu-an-embarrassment-to-bauchi-gov-mohammed\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Suspended REC, Hudu an embarrassment to Bauchi \u2013 Gov Mohammed\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-20T10:55:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-04-20T12:38:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/suspended-rec-hudu-an-embarrassment-to-bauchi-gov-mohammed\"},\"wordCount\":301,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/suspended-rec-hudu-an-embarrassment-to-bauchi-gov-mohammed#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/postQueueImg_1681975561.69.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Bala Mohammed\",\"Hudu\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/suspended-rec-hudu-an-embarrassment-to-bauchi-gov-mohammed#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/suspended-rec-hudu-an-embarrassment-to-bauchi-gov-mohammed\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/suspended-rec-hudu-an-embarrassment-to-bauchi-gov-mohammed\",\"name\":\"Suspended REC, Hudu an embarrassment to Bauchi \u2013 Gov Mohammed - 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