The incumbent Governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, has alleged that powerful individuals in Abuja were bent on imposing a new governor on the people of the state.
Fintiri made the claim while speaking on Channels Television’s political programme, Politics Today, on Tuesday night, Daily Dates Nigeria.
Fintiri who spoke via Zoom from Yola said he did not contest against Aishatu Dahiru (Binani) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) but against the “whole system”.
Declaring the results, the returning officer of the election, Professor Muhammed Mele, said the governor polled a total of 430,861 votes. Binani polled a total of 396,788 votes.
The collation was suspended on Sunday, following the unlawful declaration of Binani as the winner of the election in the state by the now-suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Barr Hudu Yunusa Ari.
