INEC Announces Bauchi gubernatorial poll Inconclusive

Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the governorship poll in Bauchi State inconclusive.

Returning Officer for the elections in the state, Kyari Mohammed, declared the poll inconclusive after in the first minutes of Monday after it was observed that the margin between the two leading candidates was less than the number of cancelled votes.

Results collated for the keenly contested election showed that the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) win the poll, Bala Mohammed, got 469,512 votes, 4,059 votes more than the incumbent governor, Mohammed Abubakar, who secured 465,453 votes.

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