The Adamawa State Governorship Election Tribunal on Saturday affirmed the re-election of Alhaji Umaru Fintiri as governor of the state in the March 2023 governorship election. The three-man panel, led by Justice Theodora Uloho, struck out the demands of All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate Aisha ‘Binani’ Dahiru for lack of merit. In its ruling, the tribunal said that Fintiri …

An application by the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Adamawa State, Senator Aisha Binani, seeking to stop the prosecution of the suspended Adamawa Resident Electoral Commission, Hudu Yunusa-Ari, has been struck out by an Abuja Federal High Court. The court had previously given an interim order, directing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Attorney-General of the Federation, …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has filed a six-count charge against a suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Adamawa State, Barrister Hudu Yunusa-Ari. The charges were filed at the High Court in Yola, the state capital, according to INEC’s spokesman, Barrister Festus Okoye. In a statement on Thursday, Okoye said the electoral body took the action after reviewing the …