Tinubu urges police to probe Adamawa guber poll controversy

Bola Tinubu

President-elect Bola Tinubu

From Romanus Ugwu, Abuja

President-elect, Bola Tinubu, has urged police authorities to fully investigate all that transpired in the Adamawa State governorship supplementary election considering its attendant controversy.

In a letter he personally signed and made available to newsmen, the former Lagos State governor called for a thorough investigation of “all that transpired” in the election.

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

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.”

“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.”

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