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Breaking: Bala Mohammed re-elected as Bauchi governor for second term

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, as the winner of the March 18 gubernatorial election in the state.

According to the results announced on Monday by the Bauchi State Returning Officer, Prof. Abdulkarim Mohammed, who is the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University Dutse (FUD), Mohammed polled 525,280 votes to defeat Air Marshall Saddique Abubakar of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who scored 432,272 votes.

Abubakar is the immediate past Chief of Air Staff.

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The Returning Officer said Sen. Halliru Jika of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) came third with 60,496 votes.

According to Mohammed, the PDP secured victory in 15 of the 20 Local Government Areas of Bauchi State, while the APC won five.

“I, Prof. Abdulkarim Mohammed the Returning Officer, declared that Bala Mohammed of the PDP having satisfied the requirements of the law is hereby declared the winner and returned elected,” he said.

Meanwhile, the APC agent, Abdulmumini Kundak, rejected the election results, saying: “It is a doctored result; so I will not accept it.”

The Star

Segun Ojo

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