INEC Declares Bala Mohammed Winner of Bauchi Governorship Election

SELYA YARNAP, Bauchi 

Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has declared Governor Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed of Bauchi State as the winner of the March 18, 2023, Governorship election.

The INEC  Returning Officer for Bauchi State, Professor Abdulaziz Sabo Mohammed,
Vice Chancellor, Federal University Dutse (FUD), Jigawa State on  Monday declared the results that the People’s Democratic Party, PDP polled votes of  525,280 to win the keenly contested election.

According to him,  the PDP gubernatorial candidate’s closest rival, Air Marshal Saddique Baba Abubakar (retd)  of the All Progressives Congress, APC scored  432,272  votes to trail behind in the second position.

The margin between PDP and APC is 93,003 votes.

He revealed that the New Nigeria People’s Party NNPP candidate Senator Haliru Jika polled 60,496 to emerge a distant third.

The incumbent governor recorded a massive victory in 15 out of the 20 local government areas of the state.

Champion news reporting,

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