The Independent National Electoral Commission has said it will obey a court order suspending the Adamawa supplementary governorship election.PREMIUM TIMES reported how a High Court in Adamawa on Thursday ordered the indefinite postponement of the governorship election in the state.
“While the commission has also complied with the order, it has equally taken steps to vacate this and dismiss the action,” Mr Okoye said. The two constituencies where legislative elections will hold are; Uba/Gaya and Nassarawo/Binyeri in Hong and Mayo-Belwa local government areas respectively. Before this decision, Mr Fintiri of the Peoples Democratic Party was leading his closest challenger, incumbent governor Umar Bindow of the All Progressives Congress .
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