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Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State has successfully brokered reconciliation between police and military personnel following a violent clash from Tuesday night to Wednesday morning.

In an emergency meeting held on Wednesday night, the state Commissioner of Police CP Afolabi Babatola, and Commander of the 23 Armoured Brigade Yola, Brigadier General Gambo Mohammed, pledged to foster a harmonious inter-agency relationship.

Addressing journalists after the emergency security meeting which took place at the Government House, Yola, Governor Fintiri said the security heads in the state had vowed to work in synergy for the interest of Adamawa and Nigeria.

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Against initial reports indicating the loss of a police inspector in the Police-Military confrontations, the Governor said both the military and police lost one officer each and others sustained injuries.

He said: “We are just coming out of the state high command strategic meeting where all the issues between the two concerned state commands were discussed extensively and resolved. We all agreed that our common concern should be the peace and security of the state.

“We have taken note of the men of both sides who lost their lives and those who were injured. The understanding now is that the heads of the sister security agencies are on top of their men and this kind of thing will not happen again.”

He called for restraint among all security agents, assuring all citizens that they were safe to go about their normal businesses.

Adamawa Governor Ahmadu Fintiri has held an emergency security meeting over Wednesday’s clash between military and police personnel in Yola. 

The Governor, governor who addressed a briefing immediately after the meeting on Wednesday night, said the inter-agency conflict had been resolved.

The conflict between the military and police personnel which had broken out along Target Junction in Yola North Local Government Area escalated to an attack on the police headquarters in the state capital.

A police inspector was killed while the military complained that a soldier was shot and taken away by the Police. 

But the wounded soldier had apparently died when the emergency security meeting held as confirmed by Fintiri. 

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The Governor said however that the emergency meeting had resolved the conflict and the security heads, comprising Commissioner of Police Afolabi Babatola and Commander of 23 Armoured Brigade, Brigadier General Gambo Mohammed, had committed to working in synergy for the best interest of Adamawa State and Nigeria.

Confirming that the military and police lost one officer each during the clash, Fintiri called for enduring restraint to avoid a repeat of hostility. 

Fintiri told reporters: “We are just coming out of the state high command strategic meeting where all the issues between the two concerned state commands were discussed extensively and resolved. We all agreed that our common concern should be the peace and security of the state.

“We have taken note of the men of both sides that lost their lives and those who were injured. The understanding now is that the heads of the sister security agencies are on top of their men and this kind of thing will not happen again.”

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed a case seeking to void the victory of Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State in the March 18 governorship election.

 The appeal, marked: CA/YL/EPT/AD/GOV/17/2023 was filed by the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Umar Ardo against an earlier judgment of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which had dismissed his petition for being incompetent.

 In a judgment yesterday, a three-member panel of the Court of Appeal, Yola division, which sat in Abuja, affirmed the earlier decision of the tribunal.

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 The appellate court held that the tribunal was in order in holding that Ardo and his party  did not prove the allegations of corrupt practices and non-compliance with the Electoral Act which they made against Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in their petition.

Justice Ugochkwu Ogakwu, in the lead judgment, held that the appeal was without merit.

Justice Ogakwu said: “This appeal is bereft of merit. The decision of the trial tribunal, dismissing the appellants’ petition, is hereby affirmed.”

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed a case seeking to void the victory of Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State in the March 18 governorship election.

The appeal, marked: CA/YL/EPT/AD/GOV/17/2023, was filed by the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Umar Ardo against an earlier judgment of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which had dismissed his petition for being incompetent.

In a judgment on Tuesday, November 21, a three-member panel of the Court of Appeal, Yola division, which sat in Abuja, affirmed the earlier decision of the tribunal.

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The appellate court held that the tribunal was in order in holding that Ardo and his party did not prove the allegations of corrupt practices and non-compliance with the Electoral Act which they made against Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in their petition.

Justice Ugochkwu Ogakwu, in the lead judgment, held that the appeal was without merit.

Justice Ogakwu said: “This appeal is bereft of merit. The decision of the trial tribunal, dismissing the appellants’ petition, is hereby affirmed.”

The Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Yola has affirmed the election of Governor Ahmadu Fintiri.

The tribunal, in a judgment delivery that lasted from a little after 9am to almost 4.30pm on Saturday, dismissed the petition filed against Fintiri by the governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Aishatu Dahiru (Binani) and the APC challenging Fintiri’s election.

Chairman of the three-member panel, Theodora Uloho, said the petitioners failed to establish their allegations of non-compliance with the Electoral Act.

She said all documents tendered by the petitioners were dumped on the tribunal and that all the witnesses of the petitioners came with documentary heresy and failed to prove their case beyond doubt.

On declaration of Binani as winner of the election by the suspended resident electoral officer (REC), Hudu Ari-Yunusa, the panel chairman said the declaration by Hudu is criminal.

She added that Hudu acted recklessly because it is not a REC’s function to declare winner of the election but that of the returning officer.

In their petition, Binani and APC joined the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Ahmadu Fintiri and the PDP as 1st, 2nd and 3rd respondents respectively.

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Binani and APC jointly filed the petition on the 6th of May, 2023, alleging that the election that produced Governor Fintiri was marred by thuggery, ballot papers and BVA snatching, and harassment of electoral officers.

They also claimed that the election was violated by substantial non-compliance with statutory requirements of the Electoral Act, meaning that Fintiri was not validly elected.

Binani asked the tribunal to declare her elected and returned as winner of the election and to order INEC to issue her with certificate of return.

Governor Fintiri, who made a broadcast immediately after the judgment was passed yesterday evening, said his is a victory for democracy and the rule of law.

“There is time for everything under the sun; a time to strife and a time to unite. Indeed, politics is over. We have begun governance since May 29,” he said.

Inviting all Adamawa people to lend him a hand in leading the state, Fintiri said: “With this ruling, our hands are wide open. I call on all the litigants and everyone that has Adamawa at heart to set aside whatever misgivings and move on.

“The state is greater than each of us. The task ahead is enormous, requiring unity of purpose, a pooling of resources, integration of talents and leveraging the unique attributes of each of us, to reinvent a better society for our people.”

Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa has informed his commissioners and permanent secretaries in the state that he is committed to his government’s zero tolerance for corruption.

He said any of the members of his government who is caught in any corrupt act, would not only be shown the way out of government but would also be prosecuted.

Speaking on Tuesday, October 17, during a retreat organized for the commissioners and permanent secretaries, Fintiri charged the top officials to also be prudent with resources and time.

The governor said: “Be cost-efficient. If there is something we can do at N1, let’s do it at N1. And use your time judiciously.  We must not fail to make noticeable differences where we work.”

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He charged the members of his cabinet to also adhere to humility in service, saying, “We are all custodians of the people’s mandate. We are not lords but servants in the work of building Adamawa.”

The 3-day retreat, organized for 24 commissioners and 31 permanent secretaries, is designed to feature 10 researched papers, with the first paper scheduled for Tuesday morning being on policy conception and implementation, to be presented by the Vice Chancellor of Modibbo Adama University, Yola.

Other papers for presentation during the retreat holding at AUN Hotel, Yola, include Effective Management of Resources; Understanding the Procurement Process & Adamawa State Procurement Law; and Overview of Public Service Rules, among others.