Adamawa Governorship Election Results Collation Postponed

The Independent National Election Commission (INEC) has postponed the collation of the Governorship election results from Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Adamawa state until noon.

The state collation officer, Prof. Mohammed Mele and Adamawa Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mr Yakubu Ari announced this on Monday after the collation of results from 20 out of the 21 LGAs.

He said that the exercise was postponed to enable verification of the results from the Fufore local government area which were snatched.

The election is closely contested by the state Governor and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, and the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Aishatu Dahiru Binani.