The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) congratulated Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State on Wednesday’s judgment of the Supreme Court affirming his victory in the March 18, 2023 governorship election in the state.
According to a statement issued by Debo Ologunagba, National Publicity Secretary, the judgment of the apex court serves as “an iron-cast stamp in validating the triumph of the expressed will of the people in resisting various attempts by undemocratic and anti-people forces to subvert the electoral process and illegally take over control of the state.”
It added: “The spur-of-the-moment celebration across Adamawa State and other States of the federation at the news of the Supreme Court Judgment clearly shows that the verdict is in line with the expectation of Nigerians and particularly the people of Adamawa State in their quest to sustain transparent, development-driven, and people-oriented leadership as epitomized in Governor Fintiri and the PDP.”
The PDP expressed delight over what it observed as Fintiri’s “unprecedented life-changing legacy achievements in citizen empowerment, human capital, and infrastructural development projects which have turned the state around as a development hub and for which he was overwhelmingly re-elected by the people of Adamawa State.”
The party restated its demand for the prosecution of the suspended Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mallam Hudu Yunusa Ari, over his alleged complicity in the plot to forcefully manipulate the outcome of the March 18, 2023 Governorship election in the State against the Will of the people.
“Our Party appreciates and salutes the people of Adamawa State for their courage and resilience in standing with Governor Fintiri and the PDP in defending their mandate to the end,” it said, charging the governor to continue in his delivery of good governance in the state in line with the policy thrust, vision, and manifesto of the PDP.
In a related development, the PDP Governors Forum (PDP-GF) also congratulates the Adamawa governor on his victory, which it said brings to a close the plethora of lawsuits that attended his victory in the March 18, 2023, governorship election in the state.
The forum applauded the Supreme Court verdict as a major reconfirmation of the people’s will.
It added: “Adamawa State and its awakened electorate truly deserve accolades for their resistance to the electoral heist sought to be perpetrated in the election. Indeed, the people of Adamawa resisted the antics of anti-democratic forces from overturning their massive votes for good governance and generational transformation.
“This judgment enthrones the required conducive environment that will ensure the continuity of the revolutionary footprints of Governor Fintiri for his people.
“Governor Fintiri has in his first term in office executed enormous people-oriented projects in education, housing, agriculture, transportation, road infrastructure and urban renewal, security and investment drive, women and youth empowerment, civil service employment opportunities, worker’s welfare, health service delivery, etc – a total turn around in the history of the State.
“The Forum remains in solidarity with Gov Fintiri as he leads Adamawa State to greater heights.”
