Adamawa Guber: Polling Unit results from Supplementary Election Emerges as voting yet to Commence in Bolki Ward

Following the conclusion of voting in the supplementary election in affected polling units for the 2023 Adamawa State governorship race, results from some polling units in the state have started emerging.

It would be recalled that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared the March 18 governorship election in the state inconclusive.

The commission fixed and announced today, Saturday, April 15 for the conduct of a supplementary election to conclude the process.

Before the polls were suspended, Governor Ahmadu Fintiri who is contesting on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for a second term in office was leading his closest challenger, Senator Aishatu Binani of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

While PDP’s Fintiri had 421,524 votes, APC’s Binani trailed with 390, 275 votes.

Newsflash Nigeria reports that results from some polling units have started emerging after Saturday’s supplementary election. Check out some of those that have emerged.

PU006 Kofar Jauro Audu, Jambutu, Yola north LGA, Adamawa

APC 124

PDP 73

PU001, Buba Jalo, Ajiya, Yola north LGA, Adamawa

APC 122

PDP 139

PU004, Bubakari Maigari, Ajiya, Yola north LGA, Adamawa

PDP: 145

APC: 122

Meanwhile, the voting is yet to commence in the Bolki ward, which has the highest number of cancelled votes.

Election materials arrived at about 2 pm in Bolki ward for distribution to the 13 polling units for the supplementary polls.

Bolki ward in the Numan Local Government Area has 13 polling units where the supplementary elections would be held today.

As it stands, there is tension and apprehension as electorates who turn up for the exercise feel the delay is part of a plan to rub them off their mandate.

Therefore, the election is yet to start in all the units as of the time of filing this report, being 2:20 pm.

However, some journalists who tried to access the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Adamawa State were on Saturday barred from entering the venue which serves as the state collation centre.

Newsflash Nigeria gathered that the journalists who were earlier accredited for both the presidential and gubernatorial elections were shocked when they were turned away by policemen attached to INEC on Saturday.

The security agents explained to them that they have their lists of accredited journalists which they will later call to enter the collation centre.

According to Daily Trust, the move is seen by some sources and stakeholders as an attempt to move the INEC collation centre from the bank road to Dougerei.

This led to a series of protests by the PDP supporters who vowed to resist any attempt to tamper with the governorship election results.

Meanwhile, as of the time of filing this report, some of the collation officers were already in the collation centre while the sorting of votes from the supplementary election was already in progress.

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