Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa have won the People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) governorship ticket for the 2023 election.

Gibon Katabs, chairman of the electoral committee of the primary election, announced this in Yola after the exercise.

“Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri scored 663 valid votes and is hereby returned as the governorship candidate of PDP for Adamawa in 2023,’’ he said.

Mr Fintiri was the only contestant following the disqualification of Jamil Waziri by the screening committee.

Mr Katabs said that 668 delegates were accredited, but there were five invalid votes.

In his acceptance speech, Mr Fintiri thanked and appreciated the delegates for the confidence reposed in him to run for a second term of office.

He congratulated all the party’s candidates for the successful primary elections and assured them that the party would stand by them to the end.

The governor urged those who lost elections to accept their fate as an act of God and continue supporting the party to succeed as one family.

He also called on the party’s supporters to be ready for the national convention to ensure that Atiku Abubakar, an Adamawa indigene and former vice-president, emerged as the party’s presidential candidate.

(NAN)