INEC names Fintiri the victor of the Adamawa gubernatorial election.

Ahmadu Fintiri has been named the victor of the governor of Adamawa State by the Independent National Electoral Commission.

Aisha Binani of the All Progressives Congress received 398,788 votes, while incumbent Fintiri of the Peoples Democratic Party received 430,861 votes, according to the returning officer Mohammed Melee.

The collation center for the supplemental election results was reopened on Tuesday. Due to anomalies, the election on March 18 was deemed inconclusive, and a supplementary election was held in the state on Saturday, April 15, after that.

The All Progressives Congress candidate, Binani, was declared the winner of the election by the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Hudu Ari, on Sunday, which caused the state’s collation process to be suspended. On Monday, the commission ordered Hudu to refrain from working in the office.

The governor-elect claimed he was “humbled the more” in his acceptance speech after being pronounced the winner.

Fintiri praised his fellow candidates for their efforts in the gubernatorial contest but criticized Hudu for his earlier declaration of Binani as the election’s victor.

He congratulated the people of Adamawa “for voting for continuity” while acknowledging that the REC’s conduct “fell below expectation.”

The Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, reportedly issued an order for the Commissioner of Police on election duty, Mohammed Barde, to leave the state immediately as a result of the political drama in the state.

The IGP also mandated that Etim Equa, the CP in charge of Gombe State, travel right away to Adamawa state to oversee electoral security for the hotly contested supplemental governorship election.

In a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja, the Force’s press officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, revealed the information and stated that the IG was committed to a free and fair electoral process.

The Federal High Court in Abuja’s refusal to entertain an ex-parte motion brought by Binani about the elections is another recent development. Due to a jurisdictional balancing act, the court temporarily declined to consider the motion.

Instead, Judge Inyang Ekwo instructed Mohammed Sheriff, the APC candidate’s attorney, to address the court on the subject of jurisdiction before the substantive case was heard.

Shortly after the sheriff addressed Governor Ahmadu Fintiri, the third respondent in the case, during the resumed hearing, Afeez Matomi made an appearance announcement for him.

Afterwards, Judge Ekwo questioned Matomi regarding service of process.

Even though they hadn’t been served yet, the attorney informed the judge that they had submitted a request to contest certain of Binani’s prayers.

He claimed that they decided to file a motion after learning about the ex-parte motion through social media.

The judge, who turned down Fintiri’s request for a hearing, stated that lawyers must strictly abide by the law.

The application and the jurisdictional question would be heard simultaneously at the following postponed date, according to Justice Ekwo, who instructed Sheriff to address him regarding whether the court had jurisdiction to hear the matter.

As a result, he postponed the case until April 26 so that the motion could be heard and the issue of jurisdiction could be discussed.