INEC declares Bala Mohammed winner of Bauchi governorship election

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BY MAYOWA SAMUEL

Governor Bala Mohammed has been reelected as the governor of Bauchi State for another four-year term.

The People’s Democratic Party candidate in the March 18, 2023 poll was declared the winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission.

Mohammed polled 525,280 to defeat his closest rival and the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar who polled 432,272. Abubakar is Nigeria’s immediate past Chief of Air Staff.

“That Mohammed Bala Abdulkadir of PDP having satisfied the requirement of the law is hereby returned elected,” declared INEC Returning Officer, Prof Abdulkareem Mohammed on Monday.