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PDP’s Bala Muhammed wins supplementary governorship election

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On Sunday, governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bauchi State, Bala Muhammed, a former senator and FCT minister, was declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)

Bala Muhammed won the highest number of votes in the just concluded supplementary governorship election as he polled over 6, 376 votes to beat the incumbent Bauchi state governor, Muhammed Abubakar of the APC, who polled 5, 117 votes.

The results of the supplementary election held in 36 polling units consolidated the leading margin of the PDP candidate who was earlier leading with 2,059 votes before INEC cancelled the entire votes from Tafawa Balewa local government over alleged mutilation of result sheet.

The cancelled Tafawa Balewa local government polls was earlier slated for Saturday’s supplementary polls before INEC later reversed its decision to continue collation and declaration of the result, after Mr Abubakar went to court to block the process.

However, having emerged victorious in the supplementary polls, Mr Muhammed said he was as good as the governor-elect as the rerun had consolidated his winning chances more than ever before.

He said the outcome of the Tafawa Balewa litigation may no longer affect his victory.

Addressing a press conference in Bauchi, Mr Muhammed thanked the people of the state for standing by him.

Mr. Muhammed promised to run an all inclusive government which he said will “silence the doubting Thomases.”

“The collation of the runoff election that has just been concluded by the INEC is a work of God and we all owe it to Him, the beneficient, the merciful.

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