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ADAMAWA: Election Petition Tribunal to begin sitting on Monday
A signed notice has revealed that the Election Petitions Tribunal for Adamawa State will begin its inaugural sitting on Monday, April 8, 2019, at the state capital, Yola.
The notice signed by Secretary of the tribunal, Godwin Agbo also noted that the venue of the inaugural tribunal sitting would be at the new High Court Complex in Jimeta, Yola, at 11 am.
The sitting comes after the state organizing secretary of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Ahmed Lawan filed a petition after his complain about the election from when it was first held on March 9 to just before the March 28 rerun in some polling units.
Recall that after Hon Umaru Fintiri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was declared winner of the supplementary governorship election. His closest rivals: incumbent Governor Mohammed Jibrilla Bindow who contested for re-election under the All Progressives Congress (APC), and Sen Abdulaziz Nyako who contested under the African Democratic Congress (ADC), congratulated Fintiri.
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