BREAKING: Governor Fintiri Declared Winner Of Adamawa Governorship Election
Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has been declared the winner of the governorship election in Adamawa Tell.
Fintiri, a candidate of the Peoples Democratic Event (PDP), polled a entire of 430,861 to defeat the All Progressives Congress candidate, Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed Binani, who came second with 398,788 votes.
The returning officer, Prof Mohammed Mele, on Tuesday in Yola, the deliver capital, returned Fintiri elected, after ending the collation of results of the supplementary election held on Saturday, April 15.
This comes after the Autonomous National Electoral Price (INEC) resolved at an unparalleled assembly on Tuesday to demand the investigation and prosecution of its Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Adamawa, Hudu Yunusa-Ari.
Earlier as of late, SaharaReporters reported that INEC launched that it had determined to “write to the Inspector-Basic of Police for the rapid investigation and that you just shall be ready to imagine prosecution of the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Adamawa Tell, Barr. Hudu Yunusa Ari”.
Yunusa-Ari on Sunday, earlier than the completion of collation, usurped the powers of the returning officer, Mele and declared Binani the winner of the election.
He used to be with out notice overruled by INEC headquarters in Abuja and therefore suspended.
After ending the collation of the prominent results from 10 local authorities areas at exactly 5:46 pm, Prof Mele declared Fintiri the winner and returned him elected.
“I, Prof Mohammed Mele, that I’m the returning officer for Adamawa deliver Governorship election. That Umaru Ahmadu having satisfied the necessities of the laws is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected,” Mele acknowledged
Results of Adamawa Governorship Election:
Registered Voters: 2196566
Authorized Voters: 87387
AA 643
ADC 3024
APP 2174
APC 398788
APGA 892
APM 606
ADP 286
LP 2732
NNPP 4852
NRM 1272
PDP 430861
PRP 1188
SDP 6870
YPP 1431
ZLO 200
VALID VOTES: 853819
REJECTED VOTES: 15287
TOTAL VOTES: 869106.
Results of the supplementary election:
Total Registered Voters: 42929
Authorized Voters: 16423
PDP: 9337
APC: 6513
Legitimate Votes: 15999
Rejected Votes: 399
Total Votes: 16398
