The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has declared the incumbent Governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Fintiri as the winner of the governorship election held in the state.
INEC Returning Officer, Muhammed Melee, declared in Yola that the incumbent Governor Fintiri of the Peoples’ Democratic Party winner after polling highest number of votes of 430,861 votes to defeat his major counterpart Aisha Binani of the All Progressives Congress who polled 398,788.
INEC reopened the collation centre for the supplementary election results on Tuesday.
The supplementary election held in the state on Saturday, April 15, after the election of March 18 was declared inconclusive by INEC, following certain irregularities.
In his acceptance speech after being declared winner, the governor-elect Ahmafu Fintiri said he was “humbled the more.”
While congratulating his co-contenders for their struggle in the governorship race, Fintiri condemned the action of Hudu who had earlier declared Binani as the winner of the election.
While saying the action of the REC “fell below expectation,” he thanked the people of Adamawa “for voting for continuity
