PDP clears 21 Adamawa LG seats

The Peoples Democratic Party in Adamawa State has won all 21 chairmanship seats in the Local Government election conducted on Saturday.

The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the Chairman of the Adamawa State Independent Electoral Commission, Alhaji Mohammed Umar, announced the results in Yola, on Sunday.

The election followed the judgment of the Supreme Court, which affirmed local government autonomy, asking the Federation Account Allocation Committee to withhold funds meant for LGs without democratically elected officials.

Reeling out the results of the Adamawa LG election, Umar said for councillorship positions, the PDP also won 225 seats while the New Nigeria People’s Party won one seat in Demsa ward in Demsa Local Government Area of the state,

“For the Chairmanship election, PDP won all the 21 seats as declared at the Local Government level.

“And for the councillorship, PDP won 225 seats while the NNPP won one seat in Demsa ward,” he said.

He further said that the commission would issue their certificates of return on Monday.

The NAN reports that 12 political parties participated in the election.

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