The time for the final collation of results for the 2023 governorship supplementary election results in Adamawa State has been revealed.
OsunDaily News understands the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) would commence the collation of the results by 9 pm on Saturday.
As earlier reported, voting was held on Saturday across several polling units in Adamawa State for the supplementary election in affected areas for the 2023 governorship race in the state.
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.
Police Bar Journalists From INEC Collation Center
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.
OsunDaily News 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.
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.
