GOVERNOR Ahmadu Fintiri has emerged as the winner of a drama-filled supplementary election in Adamawa State.
Fintiri, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party – PDP, polled 430,861 votes, being the highest, according to Independent National Electoral Commission – INEC.
Senator Aishatu ‘Binani’ Dahiru of the All Progressives Congress – APC, scored 398,738 votes.
It would be recalled that while collation was underway on Sunday, the state Resident Electoral Commissioner – REC, Hudu Yunusa Ari, prematurely declared Binani as the winner, contrary to the provisions of the Electoral Act.
Following Ari’s declaration, the candidate of the APC, Binani, quickly gave an acceptance speech.
“A former Vice Chancellor of Usman Dan Fodio University, a senior citizen was stripped naked and dragged. This commission will not allow that to stand,” INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Festus Okoye said in a strongly worded statement.
He also urged the security agencies to unmask those behind that particular act.
“They must be arrested, they must be investigated and they must be prosecuted. A national commissioner cannot be treated as if he or she is a common criminal,” he said.