 The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Amr du Finteri of the People's Democratic Party as the Adamawa Governor. In a judgment, a five-member panel of the APEX Court unanimously must dismiss the appeal by Aishatou Ahmed Dairou, the candidate of the All Progressive Congress in the last governorship election in the state. In the lead judgment, Justice John O'Curray, who presided over the panel, held that the declaration of Dairou, winner of the election by the state's resident Electoral Commissioner, was unlawful and inalienable. Justice O'Curray further held that it was the returning officer of any election that is empowered by the Electoral Act to announce the results of an election and that any other person who assumes that role acts illegally. For the Judiciary, for standing firm, to ensure Justice is delivered from the Tsubuna to the Supreme Court, and to my hard-working and dedicated team of lawyers ranging from the team leader Barista Didi Dodo, SN and his team, Mahmood Magaji and his team, and the lawyers that presented the PDP, Raji Ahmed and that of the INEC, above all, to my people in the state that have started firm with me throughout this trial time. I'm grateful for them. Great delight. We are very pleased with the outcome that the mandate expressed by the people of the Mah State as affirmed by INEC, as affirmed by the Tribunal, as affirmed by the Code of Appeal, has been affirmed today by the Supreme Court. But it is also a sobering moment, a sobering moment for us as a people that strong words were used by the court as to the quality, character and integrity of people are pointed into the offices for managing and conducting elections. I do not want to call the name of his lordship by name. You are all there. His lordship was categoric. He was very explicit. He was very strong that leadership in this country was carefully select the people to be entrusted with the sublime responsibility.