The Bauchi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has confirmed the victory of Governor Bala Mohammed, a candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, –PDP, in the March 18th governorship election that was held in the state.
The tribunal had rejected the petition filed by the All Progressives Congress-APC and its governorship candidate, the ex-Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar.
The tribunal had further held that there was no valid reason to revoke the election as the election had been conducted in obedience to the law.
The judgment was delivered by a three-man panel, led by Justice P.T Kwahar.
Recall that INEC had in March announced that Mohammed had polled a total number of 525,280 votes to beat his main rival, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, –APC, Air Marshal Abubakar who got 432,272 votes.
