The Governorship Election Tribunal in Adamawa State has upheld the election of Ahmadu Fintiri as governor of the state.
The lead judge, Justice Adediran Adebara, while delivering judgement, which lasted from 9 am to well past 6 pm on Friday, declared that the petition lacked merit.The APC had asked the tribunal to, among other things, annul the election of Fintiri because his election did not comply with provisions of the Electoral Act.
He said that in any case, of the 10 prosecution witnesses the APC presented, none was able to prove their allegation that the election that produced Fintiri as governor did not comply substantially with the provisions of the Electoral Act.
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