The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won nine more local governments, as the INEC concludes the governorship supplementary election in Adamawa state on Thursday.
In the results announced by the INEC’s collation officers, the PDP defeated its major rival, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Song, Yola South, Hong, Fufore, Shelleng, Lamorde, Ganye, Guyuk and Girei LGAs in the rerun poll.
See the results below:
Song LGA [3 PUs]
Total Registered Voters – 3833
Accredited Voters – 1097
ADC – 4
APC – 406
PDP – 647
Total valid Votes – 1,060
Yola South LGA
Total Registered Voters – 4,401
Accredited Voters -1,073
ADC – 17
ADA – 9
APC – 188
PDP – 825
Total valid -1,044
Rejected – 25
Total Vote Cast – 1,069
Girei LGA
PU I
Total Registered Voters – 1,874
Accredited Voters – 563
Total Votes Cast – 557
Valid – 551
Rejected – 6
APC – 195
PDP – 352
Hong LGA
PDP – 678
APC – 49
Fufore LGA
PDP – 371
APC – 61
Shelleng LGA
PDP – 242
APC – 64
Lamorde LGA
PDP – 1,355
APC – 80
Ganye LGA
PDP – 184
APC – 88
Guyuk LGA
PDP – 717
APC – 10
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.
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