The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday declared Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Bala Mohammed as the winner of the Saturday’s governorship election in Bauchi State.
The incumbent governor polled 525,280 votes to clinch re-election.
The state Returning Officer, Prof. Abdulkarim Mohammed, the Vice-Chancellor, Federal University Dutse said that Bala Mohammed defeated his closest contender, APC’s Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar (retd.), who placed second with 432,272 votes.
He announced that Sen. Halliru Jika of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) came third with 60,496 votes.
According to him, the PDP secured victory in 15 of the 20 local government areas of the state, while the APC won five.
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”.
Reacting to his victory at the polls, Bala Mohammed wrote, “Thank you,” in a post on social media.
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”.
Other political party agents, security agencies, observer groups and the media attended the collation of the governorship election result.
