The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) will today mobilize for the conclusion of the Adamawa gubernatorial election.
The candidates of the two parties were neck and neck during the counting of votes in the March 18 main elections in both states when the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the election inconclusive.
Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Fintiri, who is seeking re-election on the platform of the PDP, will attempt to stop APC’s Aishatu Dahiru Binani from emerging as Nigeria’s first female governor
Supplementary governorship election in Adamawa state is scheduled for 69 polling units across 20 of the state’s 21 LGAs.
The poling units have 42,785 combined registered voters but only 37,016 of them collected their PVCs, according to INEC.
Fintiri had 421,524 votes to Binani’s 390,275 votes when INEC pronounced the election inconclusive last month.
The various state offices of INEC have already taken delivery of materials for the polls.
Vehicles belonging to the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) were seen at the commission’s office on Bank Road, Jimeta, Adamawa State yesterday to take the materials to their final destination.
Two INEC national commissioners, Prof. Abdullahi Abdulzuru and Dr. Baba Bola, were present to supervise the handing over of the materials to electoral officers.
Various party agents, security personnel, local observers and other stakeholders were also present.
The Resident Electorial Commissioner (REC) in the state, Barr Hudu Yunusa, said all was set and he hopped for a peaceful election.
“All the materials, sensitive and non-sensitive, have now been dispatched,” he said.
The Adamawa State Police Command said it was collaborating with sister agencies to deal with any untoward security situation.
Spokesman for the command, SP Suleman Nguroje, asked residents to report any suspicious movement around their neighborhood to the Police.
The House of Assembly supplementary elections also planned for today are to be conducted in nine Pus in Girei, Gombi, Numan and Toungo LGAs.
