Fintiri had locked horns with the only woman-governorship candidate in the 2023 Guber polls, Aishatu ‘Binani’ Dahiru of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the Adamawa governorship poll inconclusive.
In the result declared earlier, Fintiri polled 421,524 votes, while Binani Dahiru scored 390,275. Fintiri had defeated Binani with a margin of over 30,000 votes. The governor also won the election in 13 of Adamawa’s 21 local government areas while Binani won in the remaining eight.
