The camp of the ‘President-elect’, Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has welcomed defeat in the Adamawa State governorship election after the incumbent governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, emerged the winner of the poll.
According to the returning officer, Fintiri polled a total of 430,861 to defeat the APC candidate, Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed Binani, who came second with a total of 398,788 votes.
Reacting to the outcome of the election, the Deputy Director of New Media for Tinubu/Shettima Campaign Council, Adamu Garba, congratulated Fintiri.
He said on his Twitter handle that the APC fought hard but that they “obey the law and respect the dignity of the constitution”.
We have fought hard, we didn’t give up on our party. We are civil, we can clearly differentiate between when we win and when we lose. We obey the law and respect the dignity of the Constitution.
I congratulate Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri on his victory in the last supplementary election.
We have fought hard, we didn’t give up on our party. We are civil, we can clearly differentiate between when we win and when we lose. We obey the law and respect the dignity of the constitution.
I congratulate Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri on his victory in the last…
— Adamu Garba II (@adamugarba) April 18, 2023
Labour Party NEC suspends acting chairman, Apapa, five others
The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Labour Party has suspended the Acting National Chairman, Lamidi Apapa and five others for anti-party activities.
Those suspended include Alh. Saleh Lawal – Deputy National Secretary; Rawland Daramola- National Financial Secretary; Prince Reuben Favour – National Vice – Chairman, South-South; Secretary; Samuel Akingbade, National Legal Adviser and Mohammed Akali, National Vice – Chairman, North-East.
The NEC also reaffirmed and upheld the decision of the Akure convention which expelled the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Comrade Arabambi Abayomi.
Apapa and five others, on April 6, 2023, took over the affairs of the party following the ruling of a Federal High Court which restrained Julius Abure and three others from parading himself as chairman of the party.
Acting on the restraining order of the court, Apapa, who is the Vice Chairman, South, took over the rein of the party pending when the court order would be vacated.
But the NEC, during a meeting in Asaba, the Delta state capital, announced the suspension of Apapa and his acting executive.
Fire guts UNIBEN’s female hostel
A fire outbreak on Tuesday gutted the female students’ hotels at the Ekehuan campus of the University of Benin (UNIBEN).
Reports said the inferno destroyed some documents and properties at the university.
A source told journalists that the incident, which started at midday, claimed no life.
While an account said the cause of the fire could not be ascertained, another source said it was ignited by a surge from an electric cooker, popularly known as ‘hot plate’, that one of the female students used.
According to the source, the attention of the fire service in the state was drawn to the incident on time, and its men were on ground to extinguish the fire.
When contacted, the public relations officer of the university, Benedicta Ehanire, declined to comment on the incident.
The state fire service is also yet to comment on the incident.
