Deputy Speaker of the Adamawa State House of Assembly
In office ?–2011
Speaker
James Shaibu Barka
Succeeded by
Wale Fwa
Member of Adamawa State House of Assembly
In office ? – 5 June 2015
Succeeded by
Emmanuel Tsamdu
Constituency
Madagali
Personal details
Born
Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri
(1967-10-27) 27 October 1967 (age 56) Madagali, North-Eastern State (now in Adamawa State), Nigeria
Political party
Peoples Democratic Party
Spouse
Lami Ahmadu Fintiri
Children
3
Parents
Umaru Badami
Fatima Umar Badami
Residence(s)
Yola, Nigeria
Alma mater
University of Maiduguri
Occupation
Politician
Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri (born 27 October 1967) is a Nigerian politician who has served as governor of Adamawa State since 2019.[1][2] He was a member of the Adamawa State House of Assembly and served as Speaker of the Assembly. He became the acting governor of Adamawa State following the impeachment of Governor Murtala Nyako in July 2014, serving until 8 October 2014.[3][4][5]
After the collation of results of the state gubernatorial election held on 9 March 2019, Fintiri emerged winner of the election with the highest number of votes. However, the election was declared inconclusive because the number of cancelled votes was greater than the margin between the winner and his close opponent.[6] In the early hours of Friday 29 March, he was declared winner of the by-election having secured 376,552 votes to defeat incumbent Bindo Jibrilla of the All Progressives Congress who polled 336,386 votes.[7]
He was re-elected Into office in the 2023 General Elections. After the collation of results of the state gubernatorial election held on Saturday, March 18, 2023, Fintiri emerged winner of the election with the highest number of votes. However, the election was declared inconclusive. He was later declared winner of the by-election having secured 430,861 votes to defeat his closest rival Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed of the All Progressives Congress who polled 398,788 votes.
The final results were announced by the INEC Returning Officer in the state, Mohammed Mele, He won the supplementary election with 9,337 votes, Aisha Dahiru, popularly called Binani, of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who came second in the poll with 6,513 votes.
^"Breaking INEC Declares PDPs Fintiri Winner of Adamawa Governorship Elections". Punch Nigeria. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
^"Fintiri restricts tricycles' movements in two Adamawa LGAs". Punch Newspapers. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
^Tukur, Sani. "Adamawa Speaker, Umaru Fintiri was sworn in as Acting Governor". Premium Times. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
^Olaotan, Falade. "EXCLUSIVE: Why Adamawa PDP flag bearer, Umaru Fintiri's name appeared on Buhari's travel ban list". The News Guru. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
^Musa, Njadvara. "Fintiri, Buni win tickets in Adamawa, Yobe". Guardian. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
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