Mohammed wins re-election as Bauchi Governor
Floors APC’s Sadique Abubakar with 93,008 votes
Bauchi State Governor and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Bala Mohammed, has been reelected for another term of four years.
He also won in 15 local government areas out of the 20 in the State.
The LGAs won by the Governor are: Alkaleri (where he hails from), Kirfi, Bogoro, Dass, Tafawa Balewa, Ganjuwa, Itas Gadau, Zaki, Jama’are, Ningi, Dambam, Shira, Toro, Warji and Bauchi.
He defeated his closest rival, Sadique Abubakar of the All Progressives Congress, who won only five LGAs.
The LGAs won by Abubakar, a former Chief of Air Staff are: Giade (where he hails from), Gamawa, Darazo, Katagum and Misau.
The Returning Officer, Bauchi State Governorship election, Prof. Abdulkarim Mohammed, Vice Chancellor, Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State announced the results of the keenly contested election at the Collation Center in the State at 10.12am on Monday.
The exercise was held at the Prof. Yakubu Mahmood Conference Hall at the Independent National Electoral Commission Headquarters, Bauchi.
Mohammed said that Mohammed polled a total of 528,280 votes to defeat his closest rival of the APC who followed closely with 432,272.
The New Nigeria People’s Party candidate, Senator Haliru Jika, trailed far behind with just 60,496 votes.
He said that Bauchi State has a total of 2,749,268 registered voters while those who were accredited are: 1,058,381.
The Returning Officer who said that there were 1,034,379 valid votes, added that 15,221 votes were rejected while total votes cast were: 1,049,600 votes.
He said: “I, Prof. Abdulkarim Muhammad, Vice Chancellor, Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State, the Returning Officer of the Bauchi State Governorship election, hereby certify that Bala Mohammed of the PDP having scored the highest votes and fulfilled the provisions of the law is hereby declared winner and is returned elected.”
Below is the complete results of the Bauchi Governorship election results from the 20 LGAs of the State as earlier announced by the various Local Government Collation Officers.
1.KIRFI LGA
REGISTERED VOTERS: 77,012
ACCREDITED VOTERS: 29,541
APC – 11,631
PDP – 13,454
NNPP – 3,571
LP – 33
PRP: 14
VALID: 28,817
REJECTED: 615
VOTES CAST: 29,432
2. JAMA’ARE LGA
Registered Voters: 64,880
Accredited Voters: 29,309
APC – 11,865
PDP – 13,693
NNPP – 3,253
LP – 17
PRP – 24
Total valid Votes: 28,965
Rejected Votes: 335
Total votes cast: 29,300
3. BOGORO LGA
Registered Voters: 74,238
Accredited Voters: 31,209
APC – 10,436
PDP – 16,589
NNPP – 3,253
LP – 174
PRP – 29
Total valid Votes: 330,854
Rejected Votes: 353
Total votes cast: 31,207
4. WARJI LGA
Registered Voters: 69,911
Accredited Voters: 35,344
APC – 11,783
PDP – 20,416
NNPP – 1,812
LP – 19
PRP – 27
Total valid Votes: 34,346
Rejected Votes: 211
Total votes cast: 34,557
5. GIADE LGA
Registered Voters: 73,771
Accredited Voters: 33,702
APC – 18,023
PDP – 14,145
NNPP – 1,114
LP – 05
PRP – 10
Total valid Votes: 33,401
Rejected Votes: 287
Total votes cast: 33,688
6. ITAS/GADAU LGA
Registered Voters: 112,314
Accredited Voters: 38,826
APC – 16,206
PDP – 18,778
NNPP – 2,913
LP – 17
PRP – 08
Total valid Votes: 38,053
Rejected Votes: 594
Total votes cast: 38,647
7. GAMAWA LGA
Registered Voters: 147,996
Accredited Voters: 47,800
APC – 22,565
PDP – 21,558
NNPP – 1,841
LP – 09
PRP – 13
Total valid Votes: 46,236
Rejected Votes: 812
Total votes cast: 47,048
8. DAMBAM LGA
Registered Voters: 84,972
Accredited Voters: 31,518
APC – 11,325
PDP – 13,307
NNPP – 4,395
LP – 79
PRP – 77
Total valid Votes: 30,389
Rejected Votes: 895
Total votes cast: 31,284
9. SHIRA LGA
Registered Voters: 108,951
Accredited Voters: 51,717
APC – 21,644
PDP – 25,373
NNPP – 2,536
LP – 14
PRP – 34
Total valid Votes: 49751
Rejected Votes: 702
Total votes cast: 50,454
10. ZAKI LGA
Registered Voters: 124,366
Accredited Voters: 49,576
APC – 19,637
PDP – 26,420
NNPP – 1,415
LP – 08
PRP – 13
Total valid Votes: 47,605
Rejected Votes: 528
Total votes cast: 48,133
11. GANJUWA LGA
Registered Voters: 125,770
Accredited Voters: 48,703
APC – 17,606
PDP – 20,924
NNPP – 7,387
LP – 87
PRP – 25
Total valid Votes: 46,881
Rejected Votes: 822
Total votes cast: 47,703
12. DASS LGA
Registered Voters: 67,971
Accredited Voters: 28,773
APC – 11,596
PDP – 14,471
NNPP – 643
LP – 32
PRP – 14
Total valid Votes: 28,317
Rejected Votes: 448
Total votes cast: 28,765
13. DARAZO LGA
Registered Voters: 121,548
Accredited Voters: 49446
APC – 23,544
PDP – 19,736
NNPP – 3359
LP – 45
PRP – 392
Total valid Votes: 47,540
Rejected Votes: 1023
Total votes cast: 48,473
14. ALKALERI LGA
Registered Voters: 151,551
Accredited Voters: 53,733
APC – 15,798
PDP – 34,387
NNPP – 2069
LP – 127
PRP – 135
Total valid Votes: 52,852
Rejected Votes: 626
Total votes cast: 53,478
15. NINGI LGA
Registered Voters: 177,152
Accredited Voters: 58,650
APC – 23,795
PDP – 29,515
NNPP – 4,178
LP – 37
PRP – 55
Valid Votes: 57,804
Rejected Votes: 629
Votes Cast: 58,469
16. TAFAWA BALEWA LGA
Registered voters: 153,849
Accredited voters: 62,733
APC – 22,928
PDP – 35,100
NNPP – 3,166
LP – 183
PRP – 21
Total valid votes: 62,027
Rejected votes: 659
Total votes cast: 62,686
17. MISAU LGA
Registered voters: 130,880
Accredited voters: 48,284
APC – 26,448
PDP – 16,351
NNPP – 1,820
LP – 42
PRP – 845
Total valid votes: 46,491
Rejected votes: 912
Total votes cast: 47,403
18. KATAGUM LGA
Registered voters: 188,254
Accredited voters: 66,296
APC – 35,774
PDP – 25,218
NNPP – 2,376
LP – 37
PRP – 514
Total valid votes: 64,728
Rejected votes: 1,404
Total votes cast: 66,132
19. TORO LGA
Registered voters: 232,305
Accredited voters: 101,462
APC – 29,848
PDP – 65,456
NNPP – 3,634
LP – 88
Total valid votes: 100,455
Rejected votes: 945
Total votes cast: 141,400
20. BAUCHI LGA
Registered Voters: 459,359
Accredited Voters: 161,656
APC – 69,850
PDP – 80,390
NNPP – 5,749
LP – 465
PRP – 307
Total valid Votes: 158,909
Rejected Votes: 2418
Total votes cast: 161,327
