The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Adamawa State governorship election, Ahmadu Fintiri, has been declared the winner of the poll.
Fintiri, a former acting governor of the state, secured 376,552 votes to defeat incumbent Governor Jibrilla Bindow of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who polled 336,386 votes.
The vote margin between the PDP candidate and that of the APC is 40,166.
The PDP candidate was declared the winner by the Returning Officer for the election at 00:33 am on Friday morning, bringing to a conclusion a dramatic collation process.
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