Adamawa governorship election

The two leading governorship candidates in Adamawa State, Aishatu Ahmed Binani of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Ahmadu Fintiri of Peoples.

“For the avoidance of doubt, the property in question houses the Situation Room of the PDP Presidential and Governorship Campaigns Council for the monitoring, documentation and field location coordination,” the statement said. “The Binani Governorship Campaign Organization is worried that a private residence behind Muna Hotel at Dougirei in Jimeta, Yola, is currently being used allegedly by the Adamawa State candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the March 18th Governorship election, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, to thumbprint and stuff ballot papers in boxes, in a desperate move to rig the ongoing Governorship election,” the Binani group said in a press release signed by Martins Yanatham Dickson, a Member of Media Team of the Binani Campaign Organisation. People in the Binani camp had started the war Saturday evening when they alleged that their counterparts in Fintiri’s camp were using the house in question to thumb print ballot papers and to stuff the papers into ballot boxes.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has issued a form to recompile the governorship election results for some areas in the Fufore Local ...

The collation agent of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, former Minister of State for Health Dr Idi Hong lamented the snatching of result sheets in Fufore LGA. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has issued a form to recompile the governorship election results for some areas in the Fufore Local Government Area (LGA) of Adamawa State. The state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Hudu Yunusa-Ari, fielding questions from journalists on Sunday, said the commission had no preferred candidate as he said was speculated in some quarters.

The Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for Adamawa state, Hudu Yunusa, directed an election official, ...

In the leaked audio obtained by SaharaReporters, Yunusa told Mohammed to do everything humanly possible to make Binani win. Please, do just anything to make her scale through. He told the electoral official that he was instructed by a higher authority to make Binani win.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed of the All Progressives Congress (APC) the elected Governor of ...

By Umar Yusuf, Yola. Yola, the Adamawa state capital is in turmoil as political thugs and miss grants unleash terror, attacks and all sorts of criminal ...

Only the Service Commanders were able to smuggle themselves to their houses, while others who were at INEC on election duties are been held, as hostages. Politicians, journalists, Inec staff and others at the Collation centre are been held hostage at the INEC headquarters as nobody dares to drive out of the premises. Yola, the Adamawa state capital is in turmoil as political thugs and miss grants unleash terror, attacks and all sorts of criminal tendencies on the citizens following the inability of INEC to declare the governorship election results.

The gubernatorial race in Adamawa State at the moment is a very fierce one with the two leading parties (PDP/APC) going neck and neck, as they battle for ...

Earlier, results for Fufore were read, however, a controversy ensued over the margin of victory between the APC and the PDP in the council. The electoral umpire has at present, announced the results for 18 LGAs and the figures show the governorship candidate of the PDP Ahmadu Fintiri, maintaining a slim lead over Aisha Dahiru (fondly called Binani) of the APC. Fintiri at present has polled 346,109 votes while Binani has garnered 328,870 votes, leaving a difference of little over 17,000 votes between the two leading candidates.

He said that the exercise was postponed to enable verification of the results from the Fufore Local Government Area which were snatched.

State Collation Officer, Prof. Shortly before the shift, agents of both the Peoples’ Democratic Party and All Progressives’ Congress had urged INEC to ensure justice in the collation of the results before the declaration. The Independent National Electoral Commission has postponed collation of Adamawa governorship election results from Local Government Areas till noon.

The youths who had expected that the APC governorship candidate in Adamawa State, Senator Aishatu Ahmed Binani would be declared governor-elect, had taken to ...

Senator Binta who was the state pioneer chairman of APC and was in the Senate between 2015 and 2019 under the APC, had walked into the INEC collation Centre on Bank Road, Jimeta, to seek assistance of the security men at the centre after the attack by the thugs. The thugs who had gone on celebration earlier in the evening, proclaiming that Binani had won the election, had become angry hours later, around midnight, and had turned against motorists and other residents who happened to run into them. The youths who had expected that the APC governorship candidate in Adamawa State, Senator Aishatu Ahmed Binani would be declared governor-elect, had taken to the street after the failure of their expectation.

Taiwo Amodu, Abuja The All Progressives Congress National Working Committee has raised the alarm over alleged plot to falsify the results of the.

However, we are supremely confident that INEC and our law enforcement authorities will stand firm and conclude the election process in the State as required by law. Faced with imminent and certain prospect of loss in the election, thugs and political actors led by incumbent Governor, and Candidate of the PDP, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, have unleashed heavily armed thugs to disrupt further collation of result and subvert the will of Adamawa people as expressed at the polls. We draw urgent attention of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof.

Aishatu 'Binani' Dahiru, candidate of the APC, seeks to become the first woman to be elected state governor in Nigeria.

Good journalism costs a lot of money. Her hope is hinged on securing a large victory in Fufore, the only local government whose results are yet to be formally declared. From the results announced so far, Mr Fintiri is leading with over 35,000 votes.

Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of the Peoples Democratic Party has emerged the winner of Adamawa gubernatorial election that was held on March 18.

Mr Fintiri’s victory has prolonged the emergence of Nigeria’s first elected female governor. We encourage you to join the conversation on our stories via our Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages. Briefly, on Sunday, a day after the election, congratulatory messages flooded the social media for Mrs Ahmed. Mr Fintiri, 55, defeated an incumbent, Jibrilla Bindow of the APC, in 2019 to become governor. [Rights](https://gazettengr.com/ex-jamb-registrar-ojerinde-sues-icpc-for-breach-of-rights/) [Ex-JAMB registrar Ojerinde sues ICPC for breach of rights](https://gazettengr.com/ex-jamb-registrar-ojerinde-sues-icpc-for-breach-of-rights/) The results were compiled by Peoples Gazette from local government tallies.

After the announcement of results from Adamawa's 21 local government areas, Mr Fintiri polled more votes than Binani.

Good journalism costs a lot of money. As of Monday morning, Mr Fintiri was leading Mrs Dahiru, popularly called Binani, after the results of 20 local governments had been announced. Although Mr Fintiri has yet to be formally declared the winner of the election, at the time of this report, the results of all the 21 local government areas in the state have been announced at the INEC collation centre in Yola, the Adamawa State capital.

The collection of results of the Adamawa governorship elections was abrupted as at Sunday due to conflicting results from Fufore local government. At the ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Adamawa state governorship election as inconclusive. The All Progressives Congress and ...

The results from Fufore LGA, the only one left, were yet to be collated. “From the results obtained by our party and independent observers directly from the polling units, the PDP recorded a sweeping victory in most of the states where the elections were held,” he said. Ayu claimed that the results gathered by PDP agents from all the polling units in the state show that the party won the election.

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the March 18 governorship election in Adamawa State inconclusive. Advertisement. The candidate ...

The election in Kebbi was similarly declared So far, the results of 20 governorship polls have been announced. The total number of PVCs collected in places where elections were not held amounted to 37,016.”

After the announcement of results from Adamawa's 21 local government areas, Mr Fintiri polled the highest votes in the election that has now been declared ...

Good journalism costs a lot of money. PDP – 421524 AA – 641