Returning Officer Professor Kyari Mohammed made the announcement on Sunday, a day after the exercise took place in the state.
Bala Mohammed,
The candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Bala Mohammed, has won the supplementary election in Bauchi State.
Returning Officer Professor Kyari Mohammed made the announcement on Sunday, a day after the exercise took place in the state.
According to him, the PDP candidate polled a total of 6,376 while the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Muhammed Abubakar, who is the incumbent governor polled 5,117.
According to the results, Mohammed led Abubakar with 1, 259 votes to emerge the winner of the supplementary elections.
Before the declaration of the governorship election as inconclusive by Prof. Kyari Mohammed, in the early hours of Monday 11th March, 2019, the PDP candidate led the incumbent governor with 4, 059 votes.
According to the Returning Officer, Senator Bala Mohammed got 469, 512 votes to lead the Governor Mohammed Abubakar of the All Progressives Congress, who got 465, 453 votes.