The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won the governorship supplementary elections conducted in Bauchi state.
The election was conducted on 23rd March, 2019 in 36 Polling Units across 15 local government areas in the state.
Speaking after the results collation, the state’s INEC Returning Officer, Professor Mohammed Kari disclosed that the PDP candidate, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed got 6,376 votes while the APC candidate, Governor Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar of the All Progressives Congress (APC) got 5,117 votes.
He however did not declare the PDP candidate as the winner due to the suit in court instituted by the APC and its candidate in an Abuja High Court challeng*ing the results from Tafawa Balewa LGA from the election held on March 9, 2019.
