Adamawa Governorship Election Controversy: Tinubu Asks Police to Conduct Full Investigation, Gives Reason
- President-elect Bola Tinubu has asked the police to conduct a full investigation of all that transpired in the Adamawa governorship supplementary election
- Tinubu also congratulated the governor of Adamawa state, Ahmadu Fintiri, while urging him to get ready to work for the people who reelected him
- Meanwhile, Fintiri blamed what he described as the Abuja system, the ruling APC, and corrupt security officials for masterminding the drama that played out during poll
The president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has given a fresh task to the Nigeria Police Force (NPF).
Tinubu urged the police to fully investigate what transpired during the Adamawa state supplementary governorship election, The Punch reported.
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Tinubu calls for probe of Adawama polls, sends message to elected officials
This is as he also called on all elected officials during the 2023 elections to brace themselves for the task ahead and prepare to serve the Nigerian people, Vanguard report added.
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In a statement he personally signed on Wednesday, April 19, the president-elect urged the elected officials to rededicate themselves to selfless service.
On Adamawa supplementary poll, Tinubu said:
“I note the matter of Adamawa Supplementary Governorship Election and I urge police authorities to fully investigate all that transpired in the election given the attendant controversy.
“In every democratic contest there has to be one winner. I call on those aggrieved to pursue legitimate means of addressing their grievances.”
Adamawa polls: Atiku congratulates Fintiri
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has congratulated Governor Ahmad Umaru Fintiri on his election for a second stint as the number one administrator of Adamawa state.
Governor Fintiri was declared the winner of the Adamawa state supplementary polls by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday, April 18, after a series of controversies and plots to steal the mandate.
In his congratulatory message, Atiku described Fintiri's victory as a well-deserved win that should serve as a lesson to other anti-democratic forces.
APC's Aisha Binani opens up on bribing INEC REC with N2bn to declare her Adamawa governor-elect
Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed (Binani), the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the just concluded Adamawa governorship election, denied giving a N2 billion bribe to the controversial Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Hudu Yunusa Ari.
Recall that Ari, in a dramatic move, declared Binani as the governor-elect on Sunday, April 16, while the collation of the guber poll results was ongoing, and in the absence of the returning officer who has the constitutional right to make the declaration.
According to her, an operative of the Department of State Service (DSS), agents of the state government and the police in the government house police are behind the allegations against her.
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