Bauchi state Governor Bala Mohammed has won the Saturday’s governorship election for a second term in office.
Bala Mohammed of the People Democratic party (PDP) polled a total of 525,280 votes to beat the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate,Air Marshal Sadique Baba Abubakar who scored a total of 432,272.
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The governor won 15 out of the 20 local government areas of the state.
The result declared by the Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for Bauchi state, Professor Abdulkarim Sabo Mohammed, showed that the PDP won the election with a margin of 93,003 votes.
Professor Abdulkarim Sabo Mohammed, who is the Vice Chancellor, Federal University Dutse (FUD), Jigawa State, said there were 2,’749,268 registered voters in the state.
He said that 1,058,381 voters were accredited while the total votes cast in Saturday’s poll were 1,049,600
He said that the total valid votes were 1,0343,79, while a total of 15,221 votes were rejected.
According to him, the New Nigeria People’s Party NNPP andidate Senator Haliru Jika polled 60,496 to come emerge the third in the contest.