Senator Muhammad Jibrillah Bindow Sunday won the Adamawa governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) after polling 2718 votes to defeat his closest rival, Alhaji Ibrahim Mijinyawa Yayaji 2268.
He polled 2,718 votes to beat his closest challenger, Ibrahim Mijinyawa, who got 2,268 votes, the chairman of the election team, Talba Abari, who announced the results at the party’s secretariat, said.
Boss Mustapha, who came third, polled 515 votes, while Ahmed Barata, also a serving Senator representing Adamawa South, got 452 votes.
Yakubu Tsalla and Emmanuel Bello got 147 and 50 votes respectively, Mr. Abari.
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According to results declared by the Chairman of the Electoral Committee, Dr Garba Abari, Boss Mustapha polled 515 votes to come third while Ahmed Barata, also a serving Senator representing Adamawa South, got 452 votes .
Yakubu Tsalla and Emmanuel Bello got 147 and 50 votes respectively, Mr. Abari said.
The chairman also said 6,232 electorates were accredited for the bye-election with a total of 6,190 votes cast while the election recorded 42 invalid votes.
He praised the commitment of party loyalists who demonstrated high sense of political maturity throughout the duration of the electoral process and called for same during the October gubernatorial poll.
The winner of the election Senator Mohammed Umaru Jibrila appreciated the role of party followers towards his emergence and assured them that he will justify the confidence reposed in him.
The candidate, while calling on people of the state to team up with APC in the quest for positive change that will usher in meaningful development, promised to use his wealth of experience in improving the lot of the people.
Mr. Sunny Monidafe, who was an agent for one of the contestants, commended the electoral officials for the conduct of the election describing it as free and fair, stressing that the fortunes of the party are enormous in future elections.
With this result, Senator Mohammed Jibrila Bindow will fight it out with the acting governor of the state, Hon Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, among other contestants for the governorship position slated for October 11, 2014.
