INEC Presents Fintiri With Certificate of Return

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has today presented certificate of return (CoR) to Adamawa State governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri.

The presentation ceremony was done in Abuja today.



Addressing newsmen after receiving his certificate, Fintiri stated that his victory has prepared him for a bigger challenge ahead 

Recall that INEC, on Tuesday, declared Fintiri, as the winner of the state governorship election, with the governor declaring that Adamawa  was the real winner of the election.

His declaration by the electoral commission has proved to the controversies that had trailed the election since the first balloting on March 18, 2023.

Professor Mele, the returning officer for the Adamawa governorship election, declared Fintiri as the winner after the collation of the supplementary election results.

The final results showed that Governor Fintiri of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, scored 430,861 votes to beat Aisha Dahiru Ahmed (Binani) of the All Progressives Congress, APC, who got 398,788 votes.

The returning officer also disclosed that the total votes cast were 869,106 while total valid votes were 853,819. Rejected votes were 15,287.

Before Fintiri’s declaration, the commission met, in Abuja, on the suspended election and resolved to write the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Baba Alkali, to investigate the Adamawa Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Mr Hudu Yunusa-Ari for possible prosecution

It also resolved to write the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Mr Boss Mustapha, with a view to brief President Muhammadu Buhari with the “unwholesome” activities of the REC and possibly reviewing his appointment.
These came on a day the Inspector General of Police redeployed the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mohammed Barde, who was with the suspended REC when he announced Senator Aisha Dahiru Ahmed as the winner of the election, after breaching procedures.




đź“· Thomas Terry 

19th April 2023

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