Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed has been declared the winner of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) re-scheduled governorship primary election in the state which held on Saturday.
He was announced as the winner of the primary election by the Returning Officer and Chairman, Governorship Primary Election Committee, Murtala Damagum, who made the announcement at the end of the exercise in Bauchi.
Mr. Damagum announced Mr. Mohammed as the sole contestant in the election having a total of 646 votes. Mr Damagum said that 650 out of the total 656 delegates were accredited, while 646 votes were cast, adding that the election was free and fair.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the rescheduled governorship primaries came after the voluntary withdrawal of Ibrahim Kashim, who won the May 28 election in the state.
Mr Kashim, who was the Secretary to the State Government, resigned his position, joined the PDP governorship race, and polled 655 votes to emerge its flag bearer while Mr Mohammed sought the presidential ticket of the party.
In his acceptance speech, Mr Mohammed thanked the party and the delegates for ensuring that the exercise was smooth.
“Politics is a nice game, we will continue to play politics with decency, decorum, and not a do-or-die affair,” he said.
The party had subsequently fixed June 4 for a fresh governorship primary election with Mr Mohammed emerging as the sole candidate.
