The President, through a statement by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, also directed his immediate prosecution, if found liable.
However, WEEKDAYS Smart News findings revealed that Yunusa-Ari was flown to Abuja from Yola immediately after announcing Binani as the winner of the election.
He was flown out of Yola in a private jet with registration number – (NG) 5N-IKO.
WEEKDAYS Smart News could not ascertain the identity of the owner of the Raytheon Hawker 800XP, as further investigation only showed it was registered to an ‘unknown owner’.
The aircraft’s model reads S – 0642EC while its serial number is 258547.
Investigation showed that the private aircraft left Yola at exactly 12.58 pm on Sunday, shortly after Yunusa-Ari made the announcement, and touched down in Abuja at exactly 1.38 pm, after flying for 40 minutes.
The aircraft left Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos at 7.09 pm on Thursday, April 20, 2023 and was last seen near Ibadan, Oyo State at 7.28 pm.
“After the illegal declaration, the rogue REC was flown out of Yola in a private jet,” a source confirmed to WEEKDAYS Smart News.
On March 19, a day after the governorship election in Adamawa State, WEEKDAYS Smart News exclusively reported how Yunusa-Ari in a leaked audio obtained by the newspaper, the REC told an election official, Hammajam Mohammed to do everything humanly possible to make Binani win.
He told the electoral official that he was instructed by a higher authority to make Binani win.
Yunusa-Ari directed Mohammed to rig the election in favour of the APC candidate, according to the conversation in the leaked audio.
The audio conversation goes thus:
Yunusa-Ari (REC): Is that our official from Gombi?
Mohammed: No sir, I’m from Fufore, sir.
Yunusa-Ari (REC): I’ve heard what happened, however, do whatever you can to help this woman (Binani), that’s why I gave you an extra results sheet. Please, just do anything to make her scale through.
But when contacted, Yunusa-Ari denied the allegation but attempted to negotiate with SaharaReporters’ correspondent to kill the report.
Around that time, the collation of results was temporarily suspended in Furore town where the incident occurred.
In another development, an officer of Nigeria’s secret police, Department of State Services (DSS) on Sunday alleged that Yunusa-Ari was paid N2 billion to declare Binani as the winner of the governorship election in the state.
In a viral video, the DSS officer identified as Isa, explained that the REC collected N2 billion to declare Binani as the winner but denied any involvement in the fraud.
“I told you while we were in the car that the REC collected money running into billions of naira to rig the election. I don’t know the exact amount but let’s put it at N2 billion,” Isa said.
Asked what he was doing around the REC’s place, he responded, “I swear to God I didn’t collude with him in the bribery; I was detailed with my team to arrest him instead.”
Source: SaharaReporters
