The Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared the Adamawa State governorship election inconclusive.
Although the latest results by INEC showed Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of the PDP with the highest number of votes, INEC said the canceled votes were more than the margin of victory between Mr. Fintiri and the APC runner-up, Aisha Dahiru.
A new date will be fixed for re-election in the areas where elections could not be held in the state.
At the end of the official counting of results, Mr. Fintiri defeated Mrs. Dahiru, popularly called Binani, by more than 30,000 votes.
The incumbent governor got 421,524 votes and Mrs. Dahiru got 390,275 votes.
Mr. Fintiri also won the elections in 13 of the 21 local government areas of Adamawa, Binani in the remaining eight.
The Adamawa governorship seat was a close contest between the two candidates.
Binani, a senator, is known in the state mainly for his philanthropy.
See the final result as declared by INEC below.
Latest government results as declared by INEC:
There are no voters: 2196566
There are no voters: 859964
AA – 641
ADC – 2996
ADP – 2134
APC – 390275
APGA – 876
APM – 603
APPLICATION – 284
LP – 2729
NNPP – 4847
NRM – 1237
PDP – 421524
PRP – 1185
SDP – 6865
YPP – 1425
ZLP-199
Total valid votes: 837820
No votes: 14888
Total votes: 852708
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