Following the conclusion of the rescheduled collation of results in Adamawa state, Governor Ahmadu Fintiri, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, have been declared the winner of the poll on Tuesday, beating his closest rival Aisha Binani Dahiru.
Congratulating him, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the PDP said that Gov Ahmadu Fintiri, deserves the reelection as governor of Adamawa State. He thanked the people of Adamawa and men and women of goodwill for staying the course in resisting coupists and enemies of democracy from having their way.
In last Saturday’s rerun, Fintiri, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), polled 9,337 votes beating Senator Aishatu ‘Binani’ Dahiru of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who scored 6,513 votes.
At the end of the entire exercise, Fintiri polled 430,861 votes, defeating Binani who got 398,738 votes.
The announcement by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at 5:49 pm on Tuesday was preceded by political drama.
