Adamawa Gov, Fintiri wins as tribunal dismisses APP petition to unseat him
The Action Peoples Party and its Governorship Candidate in the last general election, Bitrus Meda, had taken Funtiri, his deputy Crowther Seth, their Peoples Democratic Party , and the Independent National Electoral Commission , to the tribunal, complaining that he was unlawfully excluded from the election that produced Fintiri as governor.
He dismissed the petition and awarded legal cost of N1,000,000 against the petitioner: N300,000 each in favour of first, second and third respondents, and N100,000 for the fourth respondent, that is INEC. Governor Ahamadu Fintiri, who also spoke to newsmen later at the Government House, Yola, said he was grateful to God that the tribunal affirmed his election.
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