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After Foiling a Brazen Electoral Coup, INEC Declares Fintiri Re-elected

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Adamawa State Governor Ahmad Fintiri the winner of the March 18 governorship election, following a rerun exercise and unsuccessful electoral coups. Fintiri, running on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), defeated Senator Aisha Binani of the All Progressives Congress (APC) with 32,073 votes difference. However, the repercussions of the rerun poll continued to unfold, with Inspector-General of Police Usman Baba ordering the Commissioner of Police in Adamawa State to withdraw immediately. INEC also demanded investigation and prosecution of the Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Hudu Yunusa Ari. The Federal High Court declined to hear an application by the governorship candidate of APC in Adamawa State seeking to restrain INEC from invalidating her purported declaration as winner. Pro-democracy group Yiaga Africa and the Nigeria Civil Situation Room called for revisiting the nomination process for INEC national commissioners to trigger another electoral reform.

Chuks Okocha | Election monitoring—Nigeria—Adamawa State | ThisDay Newspaper | Wednesday, April 19, 2023