Senator Jibrilla Mohammed Bindow of the All Progressives Congress APC was Sunday night declared the winner of the 2015 governorship elections in Adamawa state. Bindow scored a total of 362,329 votes to defeat the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP,) Eng Markus Gundiri who polled 181,806 votes to come second in the race. Declaring the results of the elections at collation Centre at General Murtala Memorial College (GMMC) , Yola, the state returning officer, Professor Geoffrey Okogbaa, Vice – Chancellor , Federal University of Wukari said Bindow won with a wide margin to emerge winner of the 2015 governorship polls. Okugbaa therefore declared Bindow as the winner of the April 11 governorship elections in the state. "Senator Jibrilla Mohammed Bindow having satisfied the requirement of law and scored the highest numbers of votes is hereby declared the winner of the April 11 elections in Adamawa state," he stated. The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu won 98,917 votes to emerge third position while the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM), DR Ahmed Modibbo scored 32,985 votes to come fourth. As stated by Okugbaa, the total numbers of votes cast during the elections were 706,092, 684,050 votes were valid and 22,042 votes were rejected. However stakeholders had described the governorship polls as peaceful and hitch-free and also commended the Independence National Electoral Commission for improving on the use of card readers in the election. Speaking to newsmen on the polls, the secretary of the APC in the state, Abdullahi Bakari said the credit goes to the Adamawa electorates who found APC worthy and voted the party's candidate to pilot the affairs of the state. As stated by Bakari, the APC governor-elect will not disappoint the people. He stated that he believed that Bindow will make APC proud because he has done it in his constituency as a senator representing the state Northern Senatorial Zone. In his response, the Agent of the SDP who gave his name as Audu said the results have spoken, whether anybody like or not the Adamawa people have decided. Barrister Shehu, agent of the PDP at the collation centre expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the elections. He said if he was not satisfied with the outcome he wouldn't have appended his signature on the result sheets. Meanwhile, his opponents, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and Dr. Ahmed Modibbo of the Peoples Democratic Movement, PDM, have called him to congratulate the governor-elect and wish him well as he settles down to meet the yearnings and aspirations of the people.
