Politics

BREAKING: PDP candidate, Bala Mohammed, defeats Bauchi governor

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5 years ago

March 26, 2019

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party , Senator Bala Mohammed , has won the Bauchi State governorship election .
He defeated the incumbent governor , Mohammed Abubakar of the All Progressives Congress .

According to the results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission at 11 . 18 pm on Monday, Mohammed , a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory , polled a total of 515, 113 votes to defeat Governor Abubabakar who got 500, 625 votes .

According to the results , Mohammed had a landslide victory in seven local government areas out of the 20 in the state while Abubabakar on the other hand , won in 13 LGAs with slimmer margins .

The state Returning Officer, Prof . Kyari Mohammed , who announced the result at exactly 11 . 18 pm on Monday said , “ I, Prof . Kyari Mohammed , declare that I was the Returning Officer of the election in Bauchi State and that Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed of the PDP , have satisfied the requirements of the law and having scored the highest number of votes is hereby declared winner and is returned elected. ”

INEC , had on Monday resumed the collation of results of the Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of the state , after a Federal High Court Abuja vacated an order , which it gave on March 19 .

The court had ordered INEC to halt the collation of the results of the local government .
But on Monday, it gave INEC the leeway to continue the collation of the results , which the commission resumed at 4 pm.