PDP records clean sweep in Adamawa Council polls amid reports of missing election officials

ADSIEC chairman dismisses complaints over missing officials as voters, opposition figures allege elections failed to hold in several communities

By Billy Graham Abel, Yola
The Adamawa State Independent Electoral Commission (ADSIEC) has declared the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) winner of all the 21 chairmanship seats and 226 councillorship positions contested in the state’s local government elections.
Announcing the final results on Monday in Yola, ADSIEC Chairman, Mr. Mohammed Umar, said the PDP emerged victorious in all the local government chairmanship contests as well as all councilorship elections conducted across the state’s 226 wards.
The outcome comes amid a shifting po...