Election: APC didn’t steal, snatch election materials in Adamawa – Mustapha 

By Yagana Ali Yola 

The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Vice Chairman (Northeast), Mustapha Salihu, has strongly denied allegations of stealing and snatching election materials during the recent State Constituency by-elections in Adamawa State.

In a press conference held in Yola, Salihu explained that he intervened to safeguard the materials from a calculated attempt by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to disrupt the counting process.

According to Salihu, the Speaker of the State Assembly and the PDP Chairman mobilized thugs to snatch election materials because it was obvious they were losing. 

He immediately asked security operatives to disperse the crowd and ensure only party agents remained to monitor the sorting and counting of ballots. 

When the thugs became violent, Salihu instructed a police officer to secure the materials and called for reinforcements.

Salihu cited specific polling unit results, highlighting the APC’s lead in certain areas. At Unit 06, Ganye 1 Ward, APC scored 86 votes while PDP got 36. At Unit 010, APC had 65 votes while PDP got 40. 

These results, he said, demonstrate that the APC was winning, making it unnecessary for him to snatch ballot boxes.

Salihu alleged that the PDP State Chairman and the Speaker mobilized to destroy ballot boxes after officials refused to compromise the results. 

However, he rushed to the scene with police officers, secured the materials, and handed them over to security reinforcements.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Misa Musa Jauro of the APC the winner of the Ganye State Constituency House of Assembly by-election, with 15,923 votes, narrowly defeating the PDP candidate, Buba Muhammed Joda, who scored 15,794 votes—a margin of just 129 votes. 

Observers described the election as highly competitive and peaceful, with massive voter turnout across all ten wards.