By Kamal Ibrahim, Bauchi
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Bauchi State governor, Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed who is also the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 governorship election held on Saturday, has emerged the winner having won the majority of the votes cast across the 20 local government areas of the State.
Declaring the winner on Monday, the Returning Officer for the election and the Vice-Chancellor of Federal University Dutse, Professor Abdulkareem Sabo Mohammed, said Bala scored a total of 525,289 votes to get re-elected as governor of the state for another tenure of four years.
LEADERSHIP reports that governor Bala won in 15 local governments while Sadique won in five local governments.
He added that his closest opponent in the race and the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Air Marshal Sadique Baba Abubakar (rtd) scored a total of 432,272 votes while the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) candidate, Senator Halliru Dauda Jika, polled 60,496 votes to become third.
