Having remained the last man standing through the suspenseful supplementary election, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Adamawa State governorship election, Umaru Ahmadu Fintiri, has won his reelection bid.
Fintiri polled 430,869 votes to defeat his closest challenger and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Aisha Ahmed Binani, who scored 398,788 votes.
Fintiri’s victory at the polls was announced by the state Returning officer, Professor Mohammed Mele who has been cited by INEC as the only one constitutionally empowered to declare a winner in the election.
