The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won five Polling Units in Michika and Mubi North local government areas of Adamawa state, as INEC concludes the governorship supplementary election in the state today.
Also, the All Progressives Congress (APC) won one, the Moda Dlaka polling unit in Michika LGA as it got 166 votes against PDP’s 101 votes.
Below are the final results from the six polling units among the affected 44 polling units in 28 registration areas of the state:
Michika L G A
Fwa unit
PDP – 161
APC – 3
Jigalambu unit
PDP – 248
APC – 7
Moda Dlaka unit
PDP – 101
APC – 166
Mubi North LGA
Fagui Unit
PDP – 204
APC – 1
Mitiri Unit
PDP – 266
APC – 2
Ribawa Unit
PDP – 261
APC – 7
The exercise is seen as a straight contest between Governor Jibrilla Bindow of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Ahmadu Fintiri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Before the March 9 election was declared inconclusive, Fintiri, a former acting governor of the state, who ruled for only three months, had polled 367,471 votes, while Bindow had 334,995 votes.
The result showed that Fintiri was leading with a margin 32,476.
However, ballots cancelled for various infractions amounted to 40,988, making INEC to schedule a rerun in the affected 44 polling units in 28 registration areas.