From Okwe Obi, Abuja
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has backed calls for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to review results of the Adamawa State governorship poll in 16 local governments, before the rerun.
The local governments which the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the State had demanded a review are: Michika, Madagali, Hong, Gombi, Song, Girei, Numan, Lamurde, Demsa, Guvuk, Mayo Belwa, Jada, Toungo, Shelleng, Ganye and Maiha.
National Coordinator of HURIWA, Emmanuel Onwubiko, who addressed journalists on Sunday in Abuja, also called on the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba Alkali to arrest some agents of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), who allegedly beat up the resident electoral commissioner.
He said: “HURIWA is backing this call for immediate review of the aforementioned results before there can be any credible ground for a conductive free, fair and transparent rerun elections as announced by INEC.
“We in Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria are joining voices together with all right thinking lovers of credible election to add our voice to that of  Aisha Binani, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa, who rightly made a lawful demand that falls within the remits of the jurisdictions of the Independent National Electoral Commission to review the elections in the above listed local government areas so as to guarantee a free, fair, credible and transparent rerun poll in Adamawa.
“The electoral umpire should follow the precedence they already set clearly in the Enugu and Abia governorship elections in which INEC took some hours to review certain contentious results from some local government collation centres of Abia and Enugu before reaching a determination which received widespread positive acceptance and overwhelming rejoicing in Abìa and Enugu States.
“If INEC did the reviews of Enugu and Abia gubernatorial election before announcing the results, what stops the commission from doing this review comprehensively and thoroughly in Adamawa State before conducting the rerun that has been scheduled?”
He further called on the INEC to redeem its image with the claim that Nigerians do not believe in its independence and credibility not after assuring voters of its  readiness to conduct transparent poll, but ended up not meeting the expectations of the citizens.
“The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, assured in Abuja on Saturday that it would conduct a credible supplementary governorship election in Adamawa State that would be the pride of the international community and of Nigerians,” he added.