The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Thursday that the supplementary election for the governorship seat in Adamawa State, north-east Nigeria, will be held in 69 polling units in 20 of the 21 local government areas of the state.
Today, all eyes will be on the two major contenders – incumbent governor Ahmadu Fintiri of the People Democratic Party (PDP) and Aishatu Dahiru, popularly known as Binani, of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
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INEC declared the 18 March governorship election in the state inconclusive after it cancelled the election in 69 polling units in the state following reported incidents of violence and overvoting.
After the first round of voting last month, Mr Fintiri led with 421,524 votes while Binani scored 390,275 votes, thus, trailing with 31,249 votes.
Other candidates in the election stand no chance of victory. They include Umar Ardo of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), who came a distant third with 6,865 votes.
Others are Sa’ad Tahir of NNPP, Mohammed Shuwa of ADC, Baba Inna of PRP, Husseini Tahir of AA, Babangida Umaru of ADP, Yahya Cholli of APGA, Babajo Bello of APM, Adam Isa of APP, Abba Maina of NRM, Maigana Musa of YPP, and Dadou Amron of ZLP.
Among the governorship candidates, only Mustapha Otumba of the Labour Party withdrew from the race, on 23 February. He declared his support for Binani.
Since the election was declared inconclusive, none of the fringe candidates has withdrawn from the rerun election despite having no chance of victory.
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