The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has achieved a sweeping victory in the Adamawa State local government elections, winning all 21 local government areas and 226 wards. The Adamawa State Independent Electoral Commission (ADSIEC) confirmed the results on Monday evening, declaring PDP candidates victorious across the board.
The electoral officer for Numan Local Government Area, Sani Ahmed, announced that PDP candidate Zidon Nzanyopwa secured 19,174 votes, defeating his closest rival, Bio Alexander of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who garnered 5,676 votes, and Nancy Nelson of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), who received 4,178 votes.
The Numan election, which was originally postponed from Saturday, June 13, was conducted on Monday morning and afternoon. By Monday afternoon, it was widely known that the PDP had already won the other 20 LGAs. ADSIEC Chairman Mohammed Umar confirmed the overall results late Monday evening in Yola.
This outcome means that all chairpersons, vice chairpersons, and councillors across the 226 wards are now PDP members. Chairman Umar expressed gratitude to the people of Adamawa for turning out peacefully to exercise their voting rights.
Notably, Adamawa State is currently governed by an APC administration under Governor Ahmadu Fintiri, who defected from the PDP earlier this year. However, the PDP candidates had been endorsed before his defection, leading to the unusual situation of a state with an APC governor having PDP-controlled local governments.