Ahmadu Fintiri, governor of Adamawa, says he contested the
gubernatorial election in the state against “enemies of democracy”.
Speaking on Tuesday in an interview with Channels Television
after his victory, Fintiri said those against his reelection wanted a woman to
become governor without considering his performance.
Earlier, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
declared Fintiri as the winner of the governorship election.
The final results showed that Aisha ‘Binani’ Dahiru,
candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), scored 398,788 votes, while
Fintiri, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), had 430,861 votes to
win the poll.
Prior to the final declaration on Tuesday, INEC had earlier
declared the March 18 governorship election in the state inconclusive and fixed
the supplementary election for April 15.
On April 15, the supplementary election was conducted in
Adamawa.
However, controversy ensued at the collation of the
supplementary election results after Hudu Yunusa-Ari, the resident electoral
commissioner (REC) in the state declared Binani the winner of the election.
Mele Lamido, the returning officer, was not present when
Yunusa-Ari announced Binani as the winner of the election.
Lamido is empowered by law to declare the winner of the
election.
The action of the REC sparked controversy as INEC suspended
the collation exercise and asked Yunusa-Ari to stay away from the office.
Reacting to the incident, the Adamawa governor vowed to
prosecute those who engaged in “criminalities” during the governorship
election.
“I don’t think I ran
against any woman in Adamawa state. I ran against enemies of democracy outside
Adamawa state,” he said.
“Their gang-up has not gotten anywhere. I gave God the
glory. They decided to be enemies of democracy and the only scapegoat they can
find is in Adamawa state.
“They wanted to put a woman from their party, forgetting
that we have performed excellently well in this state.
“Our people love us. They voted for continuity of excellent,
rural and urban development. They voted for human and capital development that
we had laid a very good foundation for.
“Time will tell if
these people will be properly prosecuted.
“But if they don’t prosecute these criminalities that took
place in Adamawa state, I’m going to prosecute them.”
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