20th March, 2023
By Ahmed Kaigama
Senator Bala Mohammed of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has been declared as the winner of last Saturday’s governorship election in Bauchi State by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
Mohammed polled 525,280 votes to be reelected for a second term of office as the governor of Bauchi State.
The candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC retired Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, came second in the election with 432,272 votes, according to results announced by the state Returning Officer, Prof. Abdulkarim Mohammed, the Vice-Chancellor, Federal University Dutse (FUD).
Mohammad won in 15 of the 20 local government areas of the state, while the APC candidate in won five.
He said that Sen. Halliru Jika of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) came third with 60,496 votes.
He said: “I, Prof. Abdulkarim Mohammmed, the Returning Officer, declared that Bala Mohammmed of the PDP having satisfied the requirements of the law is hereby declared the winner and returned elected”.
Meanwhile, the Agent to the APC, Alhaji Abdulmumini Kundak rejected the governorship result, saying, “it is a doctored result so I will not accept it”.
Political party agents, security agencies, observer groups and the media attended the collation of the governorship election result.
(NAN)