Supreme Court Upholds Bauchi Gov’s victory

The Supreme Court has upheld the victory of Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State in the March 18 election.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Mohammed winner of the election but Sadique Abubakar, his All Progressives Congress (APC) counterpart, rejected the result and headed for the court.

Both the tribunal and appeal court upheld the governor’s victory, but Abubakar proceeded to the apex court.

In its ruling on Friday, the five-man panel of justices struck out Abubakar’s petition for lack of merit.

Reacting to the judgement, the governor took to his Facebook page where he wrote: “In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful, I offer all praises to Allah for our victory. This triumph belongs to the people of Bauchi State and our esteemed party, the PDP. On behalf of my family and myself, I express deep gratitude to all our stakeholders who joined us in this journey, particularly our religious and faith leaders, political associates, friends, and well-wishers. This victory reaffirms that the good work in Bauchi State must go on. #GreaterBauchi.”