The Bauchi state gubernatorial
candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Bala Mohammed, has
increased the margin of his lead in the governorship election.
Mohammed garnered 6,376 votes in
the just concluded re-run election, as against 5,117 votes scored by incumbent governor Mohammed Abdullahi of the
All Progressives Party (APC).
Result of the re-run was
announced in Bauchi on Sunday by the governorship election Returning Officer,
Prof. Mohammed Kyari, Vice Chancellor of Modibbo Adama University of
Technology, Yola.
Kyari however said he was not in
a position to make any pronoumement regarding the overall winner of the
governorship election in the state due to the suit before a Federal High Court, Abuja over the collation
of results in Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
reports that outcome of the election in respect of 19 out of the 20 Local
Government Areas in the state, earlier
conducted on March 9, indicated that Mohammed polled 469,512 votes while
Abubakar scored 465, 453 votes.
With the release of the re-run
election result, conducted in 36 polling units across 15 Local Government
Areas, the total votes scored by
Mohammed increased to 475,888 votes, while that of Abubakar rose to 470, 570
votes, a difference of 5,318 votes.
With the conclusion of the
supplementary elections, the State Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) is
awaiting the decision of the Federal High Court
in Abuja on the collation of results of Tafawa Balewa Local Government
Area, before determining the governor-elect.
Incumbent governor, Mohammed
Abubakar, had dragged INEC to court to challenge the decision of the electoral
body directing the continuation of collation of results of the area, having earlier
declared same as inconclusive.
Judgement on the matter had been fixed for Monday, March 25.
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