…….. wins 15 out of 20 council
By Bashir Hassan Abubakar
In what can be described as hard-fought victory, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared incumbent Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed Abdulkadir as winner of the Saturday March 18 Governorship election .
Announcing the results, Collation officer, Professor Abdulkarim Sabo Mohammed says that the PDP candidate and current Governor Bala Mohammed polled a total of 525,280 votes to defeat his closest rival and candidate of the All Progressives Congress Sadique Baba Abubakar was garnered a total of 432,272.
With this declaration Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed has now secured a mandate of Bauchi State for a second term in office.