The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Ahmadu Fintiri, Governor of Adamawa State, as the winner of the state’s governorship election.
Mele Lamido, the Returning Officer for the Adamawa State governorship election, declared Governor Fintiri as the winner after the collation of the supplementary election results.
The final results show that Aisha Binani, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), scored APC 398,788 votes, while Fintiri, the incumbent governor, and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had 430,861 votes to win the poll.
Breakdown of the results:
APC 396,788
PDP 430,861
Total number of registered voters – 2,196,566
Accredited voters 876,387
Valid votes 853,819
Rejected votes 15,287
Total votes cast 869,106
