Governor Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State has dismissed allegations that he prematurely announced election results during the ongoing Edo State governorship poll, placing the blame on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for disrupting the collation process.
In a statement addressing the controversy, Fintiri clarified that his comments were based on figures received from the collation agents before INEC intervened to defer the collation of the Edo governorship election results.
Fintiri emphasized that he did not declare the official results but merely relayed the ongoing tallies from across Edo State.
“I did not announce results. I only informed the public of the exact figures from our collation agent that were still being processed before INEC disrupted the collation. If anyone should be accused of violating the Electoral Act, it should be INEC, not me,” Fintiri stated.
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"I did not announce results, I only informed the public on the exact figure from our collation agent that was ongoing before INEC disrupted the process… INEC should be accused of violating the Elctoral Act, not me."
– Umaru Fintiri, Governor of Adamawa State#EdoDecides2024 pic.twitter.com/tgWrHPnPF3
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