By Mada Ibrahim and Mike Odeh James
Even as the Independent National Electoral Commission prepare for the runoff between the incumbent Governor of Adamawa, Ahmadu Umar Fintiri and the Governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress,Aishetu Binani, the signs are very clear that Fintiri would still triumph .
Here are some of the reasons why voters choose FINITIRI over his rival
In recent times, Adamawa have not have a Governor that have focused on infrastructural development like Fintriri is doing currently.exchanging him for a fellow whose policies Adamawa people are not sure of is a major impediment to Binani .
Apart from the infrastructural development, Fintiri have invested much in human capacity starting from the rural areas to the urban centres in the state .Furthermore, salaries are being paid regularly, farmers get subsidies as well
More so, through out the country, APC has become very impervious to the suffering of the masses that in return the electorates do not feel the need to vote candidates of APC to power .Binani is also a victim of such lethargic feelings
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AHEAD OF NEXT WEEK RERUN
Governor Ahmadu Umar Fintiri would be heading to the rerun election with the benefit of having two senators-elect and seven House of Representatives members-elect as fellow party men, while Binani has just one senator-elect and one House of Representatives member-elect on her side. The fact that the incumbent Governor have won for his party that number of seats during the polls shows that Fintiri clearly has the initiative .
Secondly, less than two weeks into the rerun, Binani's party was embroiled in a deep crisis leading to the suspension Binani campaign organization, senator Ahmed Barata, the Director General of Binani's Campaign Organisation .
He was suspended for the following reasons,:
Anti-Party activities during the 18 March, Governorship and House of Assembly Election.”
Impersonation of the party by appointment of agents in same election
being a principal actor in causing crisis at the polling unit between agent sent by the party and those you sent during the 18 March Governorship and House of Assembly Election.”
for withholding of relief food items sent to party faithful before election by the APC Governorship Candidate, Distinguish
Earlier on, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha was suspended but his suspension was quickly revoked .
Even as the spate of suspension continues in Binani's party, internal struggles between the law makers would also work against the ambitions of the Senator Binani .Senator Elisha Abbo, the only senator which APC has in Adamawa state has vowed to work against his party due to the Muslim Muslim ticket adopted by Tinubu .Abbo's camp have also taken that anger against Tinubu to include the lady senator .
Thus, Binani would be going into the supplementary election with her party, campaign team in tattered and diminished form .
Again, the odds are in favour of the incumbent as Fintiri has an unassailable lead in all the local government areas of the state before the election in Fufore was declared inconclusive .
According Alex David, it would be more difficult for Hajia Binani to mobilise the whole of the electorates in Fufore Local Government to vote only for APC .
David also is also of the opinion that even the incumbent gets less than 5% of the votes in that area , he would win resoundingly.
Two weeks into the runoff, Alex opined that the well-oiled political campaign team of Fintiri has traversed Fulfore in length and breathe leaving no stone unturned .It is would be such a herculean task to have him best in Binani's backyard
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