Reactions have trailed the victory of Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State in the supplementary election held on Saturday, April 15.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) earlier in the afternoon, declared Fintiri as the winner of the Adamawa State governorship election.
The Returning Officer, Muhammed Melee, declared Fintiri polled 430,861 votes to defeat his major counterpart, Aisha Dalhiru Binani of the All Progressives Congress (APC)polled 398,788.
Melee added that the candidate of the PDP defeated thirteen other governorship candidates in the state to secure his re-election.
Following the declaration, supporters of the PDP took to various social media platforms to celebrate the victory of their candidate, while APC supporters claimed that the election was manipulated.
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar who was a governor of the state wrote: “Congratulations, Gov Ahmadu Fintiri, on your deserved reelection as governor of Adamawa State. Thank you to the people of Adamawa and men and women of goodwill for staying the course in resisting coupists and enemies of democracy from having their way. The lesson from this exercise and others is the need for Nigerians to be vigilant and never give in to anti-democratic forces whose objective is to snatch, run with and undermine the mandate of the people as freely expressed in their votes. By the way, it is not yet uhuru as we still have one more major mandate to reclaim, and together as ONE, we shall accomplish the task for the good of our country and its people. -AA”
Other reactions:
@Waspapping_ wrote: “Congratulations to Governor Fintiri as he is elected for his second term as Adamawa state Governor. Aisha Binani tried to steal his mandate, but God said not this one.”
@ezek_o wrote: “Fintiri 2.0✅ Congratulations to the people of Adamawa, you displayed resilience and patience in the midst of provocation.”
@HAHayatu wrote: “Congratulations to Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri as he is elected for his second term as Adamawa state Governor.
“The broad light robbery by APC has failed.”
@MrPrivate_ wrote: “PDP now believes about democracy but if dem lose,Yakubu is a criminal!🤣🤣🤣”
@ZickoAmas wrote: “Congratulations to him! We must continue to hold our elected officials & political candidates accountable for their actions,&this includes calling out any attempts that subvert the democratic process. Thanks2 INEC 4 doing d right thing, this would have been a dangerous precedence.”
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