ADC candidates reject Adamawa local government election results, demand fresh poll

The chairmanship and councillorship candidates of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) who took part in the June 13, 2026 local government election in Adamawa State have rejected the results.

Calling the election a charade, the candidates are demanding a fresh poll.

The election produced chairmen‑elect for the state’s 21 local government areas and councillors‑elect for 226 wards, all from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Speaking to journalists in Yola, the candidates said the exercise carried out by the Adamawa State Independent Electoral Commission (ADSIEC) lacked the basic elements of credibility.

Abubakar Ahmadu, speaking on behalf of all the candidates, said, “We wish to state emphatically that elections did not hold in all the local government councils across the state on June 13, 2026. We therefore wonder how results were concocted and how winners emerged.”

Ahmadu alleged that the announced results did not reflect the will of the people and could not be accepted.

“The purported conduct of the Adamawa council poll represents the height of electoral banditry,” he declared.

The ADC candidates called on democracy advocates and constitutional rights groups to intervene and defend democratic principles in the state.

Insisting that they do not recognise the announced winners, the ADC candidates demanded that ADSIEC set a new date for a credible, transparent and inclusive local government election across Adamawa State.