BREAKING: PDP Fintiri Wins Adamawa After Dramatic Playout Election
- Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of the PDP has secured victory for his second term in office as INEC has declared him the winner of the Adamawa state governorship election
- According to INEC, Fintiri polled a total of 430,861 votes to defeat Aishatu Binani of the APC, who scored a total of 398,788 votes
- Fintiri was declared winner of the poll exactly a month that the electoral body had earlier conducted the governorship election, which was declared inconclusive
Yola, Adamawa - Governor Ahmadu Fintiri, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Adamawa state governorship election, has been declared the winner of the poll by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Fintiri's victory came exactly one month after the March 18 governorship election. In what could be described as a drama-filled supplementary election in the north-east state, Channels TV reported.
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According to INEC, Fintiri garnered 9,337 votes to defeat Senator Aishatu ‘Binani’ Dahiru, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who polled 6,513 votes in the Saturday, April 15 supplementary election.
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At the end of the whole process, the PDP governor scored 430,861 votes to defeat Binani of the APC, who got 398,788 votes.
The electoral body announced Fintiri as the winner of the election on Tuesday, April 18, at about 5:49 after what can be described as a series of political dramas.
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INEC had earlier declared the governorship election as inconclusive and subsequently scheduled a supplementary poll for last Saturday.
However, while the collation of the supplementary election was underway, Hudu Yunusa Ari, the state's Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), announced Binani as the winner of the election, which was against the electoral act.
Binani was the only female governorship candidate that contested under a major political party in the 2023 general election.
INEC resumes Adamawa governorship election results collation
Legit.ng earlier reported that INEC had resumed the collation of Adamawa Saturday's supplementary governor election results in barely 48 hours after the suspension.
The resumption of the exercise commenced under tight security at the state collation centre in Yola, Adamawa's capital.
Present at the centre is the returning officer, Mohammed Mele, the national spokesperson of the INEC, Festus Okoye and other top officials of the commission in the state.
Source: Legit.ng
