The All Progressives Congress – APC, governorship candidate in Adamawa State, Aishatu Ahmed, has expressed support for the declaration of the governorship election in the state as inconclusive.
The state collation officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission – INEC, Prof Muhammadu Mele, had declared the election inconclusive due to the margin of votes.
The incumbent Governor Ahmadu Fintiri, who is seeking re-election under the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, polled 421,524, while Ahmed scored 390,275.
He said, “Elections were not held in 47 wards, affecting 69 polling units. So, this gives us a margin of 31,249. The total number of PVCs collected in places where elections were not held amounted to 37,016.”
Meanwhile, Ahmed said on Friday that INEC took the best decision.
She claimed that violence and irregularities were recorded in 16 of the 21 local government areas in the state.
“My position is that the INEC REC did very well by declaring the result inconclusive and my reasons are simple,” she said during a live interview on Channels TV.
“Whoever saw or monitored the election of Adamawa State knows that the election was marred with violence, rigging, over-voting and all manner of irregularities.
“The figures that were deposed were really, as far as I’m concerned, concocted figures.”
