Announcing the result of the primaries conducted at the ward levels, the returning officer, Dr. Garba Abari, said Jibrilla scored the highest votes cast by 6,500 accredited delegates in all the wards in the state while Alhaji Ibrahim Mijjinyawa, polled 2,268 votes.
Mijjinyawa was followed by Barrister Boss Mustapha, who polled 515 votes, while another contestant, Senator Ahmed Barata polled 458 votes. He was followed by Mr. Yakubu Tsala, who polled 187 votes and Mr. Emmanuel Bello with 50 votes.
Dr. Garba Abari said the primaries were conducted based on the guidelines governing the conduct of the gubernatorial primaries, which was applied to all that indicated interest in the gubernatorial race without biased.
Meanwhile, in his acceptance speech, Senator Jibrilla appealed to his co- contestants to join hands with him so as to defeat the PDP candidate at the polls, adding that the aspirants should consider the defeat of the PDP candidate, as a task that must be done by all through coordinated efforts.
According to him, he would use his network of connection to reach organizations, friends and individuals to transform the state, adding that the transformation of Adamawa state would be accorded necessary attention if elected, hence the need for all and sundry to join hands with his administration.
The Director General of his Campaign Organization, Alhaji Abba Jimeta, described the emergence of Bindow Umaru Jibrilla as “an end to tribalism, nepotism and religious bigotry in the state,” as Bindow would operate an open door policy if elected as the governor of the state.
…How he emerged candidate
Our: ISMAIL OMIPIDAN, Kaduna If former Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, chairman, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, had
emerged the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the big
shots within the All Progressives Congress (APC), that queued behind
Alhaji Ibrahim Mijinwa would probably have done more, to ensure he
emerged as the APC’s candidate.
This is so because like Ribadu, Mijinyawa, is also Fulani. The
October 11 governorship poll would, therefore, have been a Fulani
affair.
Though he had an impressive outing, trailing behind the winner, with 2, 268 votes, his defeat is a clear indication that hitherto powerful bookmakers in Adamawa politics, most of whom are big shots within the APC, no longer have a say in what happens in Adamawa politics. They may have the money but the people have since learnt not to trust them anymore.
If Senator Mohammed Umar Jibrilla, who polled 2, 718 votes to emerge as the winner, had had the type of backing that Mijinyawa had, he probably would have won with a landslide.
Unlike Alhaji Umaru Fintiri, whose interest in the governorship seat was sudden, Senator Jibrilla, right from his days in the PDP, long before Governor Murtala Nyako was impeached, had indicated his interest to succeed Nyako, come 2015.
It was, therefore, not surprising that he left with Nyako, to the APC, once the governor defected to the APC.
Daily Sun gathered that those who backed Mijinyawa, did so because they wanted a ‘yes sir’ governor, who is not likely to challenge their authority, after emerging as governor. But they met their match in Jibrilla, who is easily seen by an average Adamawa person, as a likeable person.
And now that Jibrilla has emerged, he probably needs to source for funds from outside the big wigs in the Adamawa APC, as those whose candidate lost out in the primary, may not be willing to put their money down, to prosecute his election.
Unlike that of the PDP, the APC primary election was not characterized by intrigues and controversy. Before the contest, Vice President Atiku Abubakar, had called for a level playing ground for all the aspirants, just as he promised to support whoever emerges, as the party’s candidate in the end.
Like Fintiri, Jubrilla, is also not a Fulani. Therefore, the race is likely to be devoid of the Fulani sentiment that is sometimes strong, during elections.
And even though the two candidates are not Fulani, it is unlikely that they would pick a Fulani running mate, since both of them are Muslims. Therefore, the decision of who becomes the running mate will play a significant role, in who carries the day in the end.
But like in previous contests in the state, the PDP challenger is also a former member of the party.
Though he had an impressive outing, trailing behind the winner, with 2, 268 votes, his defeat is a clear indication that hitherto powerful bookmakers in Adamawa politics, most of whom are big shots within the APC, no longer have a say in what happens in Adamawa politics. They may have the money but the people have since learnt not to trust them anymore.
If Senator Mohammed Umar Jibrilla, who polled 2, 718 votes to emerge as the winner, had had the type of backing that Mijinyawa had, he probably would have won with a landslide.
Unlike Alhaji Umaru Fintiri, whose interest in the governorship seat was sudden, Senator Jibrilla, right from his days in the PDP, long before Governor Murtala Nyako was impeached, had indicated his interest to succeed Nyako, come 2015.
It was, therefore, not surprising that he left with Nyako, to the APC, once the governor defected to the APC.
Daily Sun gathered that those who backed Mijinyawa, did so because they wanted a ‘yes sir’ governor, who is not likely to challenge their authority, after emerging as governor. But they met their match in Jibrilla, who is easily seen by an average Adamawa person, as a likeable person.
And now that Jibrilla has emerged, he probably needs to source for funds from outside the big wigs in the Adamawa APC, as those whose candidate lost out in the primary, may not be willing to put their money down, to prosecute his election.
Unlike that of the PDP, the APC primary election was not characterized by intrigues and controversy. Before the contest, Vice President Atiku Abubakar, had called for a level playing ground for all the aspirants, just as he promised to support whoever emerges, as the party’s candidate in the end.
Like Fintiri, Jubrilla, is also not a Fulani. Therefore, the race is likely to be devoid of the Fulani sentiment that is sometimes strong, during elections.
And even though the two candidates are not Fulani, it is unlikely that they would pick a Fulani running mate, since both of them are Muslims. Therefore, the decision of who becomes the running mate will play a significant role, in who carries the day in the end.
But like in previous contests in the state, the PDP challenger is also a former member of the party.
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