Tinubu Calls For Probe Of Adamawa Guber Election Controversy

Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Tinubu, has called on police authorities in the country to open a full-scale investigation into all that transpired in the Adamawa State governorship supplementary election considering its attendant controversy.

In a letter he personally signed which was sent to Africa Today News, New York on Thursday, the former Lagos State governor called for a thorough investigation of ‘all that transpired’ in the election.

This was even as he congratulated the governor-elect, Ahmadu Fintiri on his victory, stressing that in every democratic contest, there must always be a winner. 

He said: ‘The supplementary polls have now brought the 2023 elections to a final, fitting conclusion. I observed, with satisfaction, the largely peaceful atmosphere that pervaded the supplementary election on Saturday.’

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He went on to add that; ‘It was a further testimony that our citizens have accepted democratic norms and have unalloyed faith in the electoral process. However, I note the matter of Adamawa supplementary governorship election and I urge police authorities to fully investigate all that transpired in the election given the attendant controversy. In every democratic contest there has to be one winner. I call on those aggrieved to pursue legitimate means of addressing their grievances.’ 

Felicitating with those that emerged victorious, Tinubu said: “I congratulate the winners of the supplementary governorship elections held in Kebbi and Adamawa States on Saturday, April 15, 2023. I also rejoice with those elected into the Senate, House of Representatives and State Houses of Assembly during the last round of elections in  states where such took place.”

Africa Today News, New York

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