The All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate in Bauchi State, Mohammed Abubakar, was on Sunday declared winner of the state governorship election. Announcing the result of the election on Sunday in Bauchi, the Reurning Officer, Prof. Mohammed Faruk, stated Abubakar polled 654,934 votes, to defeat nine other contestants. His closest opponent, Mr. Mohammed Jatau of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), secured 282,650 votes. Declaring Abubakar as the winner, Prof. Faruk stated that the APC candidate had satisfied Section 179(2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended, having garnered highest number of total votes cast, and also secured the minimum number of votes required in each of the 20 Local Government Areas of the state. With official announcement of the result, the state now has Barr. Mohammed Abubakar as the governor-elect, with Nuhu Gidado as his deputy.
