By Sani Adamu Hassan
The People’s Democratic Party gubernatorial candidate in Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed Abdulkadir, has been declared the winner of the state governorship election held on Saturday.
Announcing the result of the election today in Bauchi, the Reurning Officer, Prof. Abdulkarim Sabo Mohammed said Bala Abdulkadir Muhammad of the PDP polled 525,280 votes to defeat thirteen other contestants.
His closest opponent, of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Air Marshal Sadiq Baba Abubakar retired secured 432,272 votes.
Declaring Bala Mohammed winner, Prof. Abdulkarim said the PDP candidate has garnered the highest number of total votes cast and secured the minimum number of votes required in each of the 20 Local Government Areas of the state.
Bauchi Election Result,
Bala Muhammad won 15 out of 20 local governments while his close contenders Sadiq Baba Abubakar of the All Progressive Congress won in 5 Local Governments.
With the official announcement of the result, Bala Mohammed has been declared governor-elect, with Mohammed Auwal, as his deputy.
Bauchi has a total number of 2,749,268 registered voters, and a total of 1,058, 381 voters were accredited for the election.
