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INEC Cuts Short APC’s Celebration, Declares Adamawa Governorship Election Inconclusive

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March 20, 2023
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Yola – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Monday evening declared the March 18 governorship election in Adamawa State inconclusive.

The INEC state collation officer, Prof Muhammadu Mele of the University of Maiduguri declared the election inconclusive in Yola due to the margin of votes.

This latest development put paid to earlier reports which said the candidate of the APC, Aishatu Dahiru Binani emerged winner of the election.

The Returning Officer while declaring the election inconclusive said the
candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator Aishatu Dahiru Binani scored 390, 275 votes while the incumbent, Governor Ahmadu Fintiri, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, polled 421,524.

However, Prof Muhammadu Mele , the Returning Officer declared the election inconclusive due to the margin of votes.

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“Elections were not held in 47 wards, affecting 69 polling units.

“So, this gives us a margin of 31,249. The total number of PVCs collected in places where elections were not held amounted to 37,016.”

“Based on these findings and analysis as stated in the electoral laws” where the margin between two candidates is lesser than the total number of collected PVCs in areas where elections were not held, the election is declared inconclusive,” he said.

Meanwhile , the results of 20 governorship polls have been announced.

The APC takes the lead with 14 states, the PDP with five states and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) with one state.

In Kaduna State, the final results of the governorship election has just been released by the INEC.

According to INEC, APC clinched the governorship position by polling 734,801 votes while the PDP, which came second polled 719, 257.

However, the election in Kebbi was similarly declared inconclusive by the electoral body while the collation of the results of governorship polls in Abia and Enugu was suspended.

Officially, nine of the 11 governors who sought reelection in the March 18 polls held across Nigeria in West Africa have been declared winners by INEC to return to office for another four-year term each.

They are Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State, Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State, Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State, Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State and Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State.

Of the 28 states, 11 serving governors sought re-election while 17 outgoing governors are in the final weeks of their constitutional two-term limits of eight years, having been sworn in on May 29, 2015. (vitalnewsngr.com/ChannelsTV)

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