The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Adamawa State governorship election inconclusive.
Professor Muhammad Lamin Mele, the collation officer, while speaking after collating results from all the 21 local government areas of the state, said the number of cancelled votes exceeded the difference between the two leading candidates.
He further explained that election was cancelled in 47 Registration Areas with 41,796 registered voters which is higher than the margin of 31,249 between the People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, who polled 421,524 and the All Progressives Congress’s (APC) Aisha Dahiry Binani who scored 390,275.
Fintiri is among the 11 governors who sought to be reelected.
Total registered voters 2,196,566
Accredited voters 859, 964
AA. 641
ADC 2,996
ADP 2,13,4
APC. 390,275
APGA 876
APM. 603
APP 284
LP 2729
NNPP. 4847
NRM 1,237
PDP 421,524
PRP. 1185
SDP. 6,865
YPP. 1,425
ZLP. 199
Totals valid votes. 837,820
Rejected votes 14,888
Total votes cast. 852,748
