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Akinwande Soji-Ojo
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) haa declared the incumbent governor of Adamawa state, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, as the winner of the 2023 governorship election in the state.
Declaring the results, the returning officer for the election Professor Muhammed Mele Lamido, said Fintiri polled a total of 430,861 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed, aka Binani, of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who pulled 398,788.
Recall that 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.
The collation exercise in the state was stopped on Sunday after the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Hudu Ari, declared the candidate of the APC, Binani, the winner of the election, which led the commission to ask Hudu to stay away from office, on Monday.
In his acceptance speech after being declared winner, Fintiri said he was “humbled the more.”
While congratulating his co-contenders for putting up a good fight in the governorship election, Fintiri condemned the action of Ari 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.”
Supplementary election results
Total number of registered voters- 42,929
Total number of accredited voter-16,422
APC- 6,513
PDP-9,337
No. of rejected votes- 399
Total votes cast-16, 398
Total result for March 18 and April 15 elections Total number of registered voters- 2,196,566
Total number of accredited voters- 876,387
APC- 398,788 PDP- 430,861
Number of rejected votes- 15,287
Total votes cast- 869, 106