Supreme Court affirms Fintiri’s election as Adamawa Governor

 

Governor Fintiri

It was double victory for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday, as Supreme court dismissed the appeal challenging the election of Ahmadu Fintiri as duly elected Governor of Adamawa State.

The apex court held that the All Progressives Congress, APC, and its candidate, Jibrilla Bindow, failed to prove their allegation that Fintri emerged through over-voting.

Recall that the Court of Appeal sitting in Yola had dismissed the appeal filed before it against the election of Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State.

 

Delivering the judgement last December, the presiding judge of the Court of Appeal, Justice AB Gumel, affirmed the election of Ahmadu Fintiri and dismissed APC’s petition for lack of merit.

Shortly after the affirmation of Samuel Ortom as Benue Governor, the apex court ruled that Ahmad Fintiri won the Adamawa election contrary to the claims of his arch-rival, Jibrilla Bindow of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

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