The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the incumbent governor of Bauchi State, Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the gubernatorial election in the state.
Earlier, Bala was leading the two other major contestants in the just-concluded governorship and house of assembly elections in the state going by the results gathered INEC office in Bauchi.
According to the commission, PDP polled 525,280 votes against APC’s 432,272, NNPP 60,496.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) recalls that a week after losing his bid to win the PDP presidential ticket, Bala won his governorship reelection ticket on the platform of PDP.
The governor emerged as the governorship flagbearer of the PDP in the state after a fresh primary election was conducted on Saturday following the decision of the initial winner, Barrister Ibrahim Mohammed Kashim, to step down days ago.
As of the time of filing this report, collation officers had presented results of the governorship election to the returning officer, Prof Abdulkarim Sabo Mohammed, who is the vice chancellor of Federal university, Dutse Jigawa.
The results show that the governor has, so far, won in 12 local governments out of the 20 in Bauchi State.
However, a candidate of the major opposition party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Air Marshal Sadique Baba Abubakar (ETC) was able to win in only six local government areas of the state.
By 9:35pm on Sunday, the results from 18 local governments were submitted to INEC, while results were being awaited in two major councils namely, Toro and Bauchi local government areas.
Bala won in Jama’are LGA, Kirfi LGA; Bogoro; Warji; Itas Gadau; Shira; Zaki; Ganjuwa; Dass; Alkaleri; Ningi; and Tafawa Balewa local government.