The Independent National Electoral Commission in Adamawa State has declared the results of the governorship election in the state as inconclusive.
According to the Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Hudu Yunusa at the collation centre in Yola, the results are inconclusive due cancellation of votes in some wards which were more than the margin of victory between the incumbent governor, Ahmadu Fintiri and his rival Aishatu Binani of the All Progressives Congress.
He said the final results by INEC from the 21 local government areas in the state indicated clearly that Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of the PDP scored the highest votes, however, the election did not hold in 47 wards, constituting 69 polling units with over a thousand voters.
So far the results which were announced by INEC at the collation centre shows PDP scored 421,527 while the closest is APC 390,275
Meanwhile, a new date will be fixed for re-run elections in areas where elections could not hold in the state.
Governor Amadu Fintiri won in 13 Local Government Areas of the State while Aishatu Binani won in eight Local Government Areas
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