Fintiri wins as INEC declares final official result of supplementary election in Adamawa

Governor Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Parity (PDP) has won the governorship election in the state after Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) completed the collation of results of the supplementary election in the 10 local government areas on Tuesday.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer for Adamawa, Prof Muhammed Mele of the University of Maiduguri,  announcing the final result on the conclusion of the supplementary result collation on Tuesday in Yola, declared Fintiri of the PDP winner of the governorship election with 430,869 votes, defeating Aisha Binani of the APC who had 398,788 votes.

The Returning Officer highlighted that the Total number of registered for the supplementary election was 42,929; number of accredited voters is 16,423.

In the supplementary election, PDP had 9,337 votes, and APC, 6,513 votes.

Accredited votes were 15,999, while rejected votes were 399; and total votes cast were 16,398.

In the overall result, total number of registered in the state, according to the Returning Officer, was 2,196, 556, accredited voters were 876,387;

Total valid votes – 853,819

Rejected votes – 15,287

Total votes cast 869,106

Results of the supplementary election in the 10 LGAs in Adamawa for the APC and PDP, respectively, as captured on live telecast by National Daily from Lagos are as follows:

Local Governments:

Madagali LGA

APC                                                        PDP

Binani                                                   Fintiri

47 votes                                               147 votes

Mubi North

168                                                                                         319 votes

Numan

427 votes                                                            369 votes`

Girei

589 votes                                                            444 votes

Gombi

12                                                                                            53

Guyuk

228                                                                                         322

Belwa

478                                                                        672

Madagali

47                                                                                           147