Posted by Samuel on Wed 28th Jan, 2026 - tori.ng
In a viral video from the event, voices are clearly heard chanting, “We are not with you! We reject you and your party!” as the governor struggled to control the crowd.
Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, the Adamawa State Governor, was on Tuesday loudly booed and rejected by aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) supporters at a political gathering in Ganye Local Government Area, in a dramatic display of public discontent.
The governor, who had just returned to the state after spending nearly two weeks away, during which he attended the graduation ceremony of the son of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, was met with hostility while addressing the gathering and inspecting projects reportedly executed by the Ganye Local Government Council.
In a viral video from the event, voices are clearly heard chanting, “We are not with you! We reject you and your party!” as the governor struggled to control the crowd.
Some of the hecklers said they would no longer support the party.
Visibly rattled by the unexpected backlash, Governor Fintiri lost his composure and lashed out at the hecklers.
“You are also rejected. Who even asked for your support in the first place?” he fired back.
“Nobody has the monopoly of being troublesome; anyone can wear the cap,” he added.
The confrontation occurred against the backdrop of misplacement of priorities in public spending and worsening insecurity in the state, particularly in Madagali Local Government Area, which is Governor Fintiri’s home LGA, where kidnapping and terrorist attacks have intensified.
SaharaReporters recently reported that suspected Boko Haram terrorists abducted eight members of a family in Pallam community, Madagali LGA. The attack came shortly after two forest guards were killed and another abducted in Kirchinga, the governor’s hometown.
Some prominent party figures present at the Ganye event privately mocked the governor after the incident, describing the public rejection as a warning signal ahead of future elections.
“What happened in Ganye is a litmus test of what is coming,” one party insider told SaharaReporters. “I hope he now understands that the people are no longer with him.”
Another added, “The governor has built a castle of self-adoration around himself, surrounded by praise singers who shield him from reality. Today, reality caught up with him. He is clearly losing ground.”