Wins all 44 units in 14 LGAs, 29 RAs extra election held
Daji Sani in Yola
It was sweet victory for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) thursday as its candidate in the Adamawa State governorship tussle, Alhaji Ahmadu Fintiri, finally subdued the incumbent governor, Alhaji Jubrilla Bindow of the All Progressives Congress (APC), winning all the 44 units in 14 local government areas and 29 registration areas where supplementary election was held in the state.
The Returning Officer, Professor Andrew Haruna, said Fintiri scored 376,552 votes to beat Bindow, who garnered 336,386 votes.
“Ahmadu Fintiri of the PDP, having satisfied the requirement of the law and scored the highest number of votes is hereby declared the winner and returned as elected governor of Adamawa State,” he said.
He said the governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Senator Abdulazeez Nyako, came third with 113,237 votes, while…
