Why we did it, election umpire discloses details of dire decision
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the governorship elections in Adamawa state inconclusive, causing confusion among politicians in the state and across the country.
The cancelled votes during the elections, according to INEC, were more than the margin of victory between Mr Fintiri of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and her opponent, Aisha Dahiru of the APC.
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A new date will be fixed for re-run elections in areas where elections could not hold in the state.
The incumbent governor scored 421,524 votes while Mrs Dahiru won 390,275 votes.
Mr Fintiri also won the election in 13 of Adamawa’s 21 local government areas while Binani won in the remaining eight.
The race to the Adamawa government house was a closely contested one between the two candidates.
Binani, a serving senator, is popular in the state mainly for her philanthropy.
Here below are the Governorship Results as declared by INEC:
No Reg Voters: 2196566
No Acc Voters: 859964
AA – 641
ADC – 2996
ADP – 2134
APC – 390275
APGA – 876
APM – 603
APP – 284
LP – 2729
NNPP – 4847
NRM – 1237
PDP – 421524
PRP – 1185
SDP – 6865
YPP – 1425
ZLP – 199
Total valid Votes: 837820
Rejected votes: 14888
Total Vote cast: 852708
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