Supreme court affirms Bala Mohammed’s victory

The supreme court has affirmed the victory of Bala Mohammed, governor of Bauchi state.

Mohammed, who contested under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), had defeated Mohammed Abubakar, then governor of the state, in the results of the election announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Abubakar ran under the All Progressives Congress (APC). He had challenged his rival’s victory at the court.

In a unanimous judgment delivered by Mohammed Datijo, a judge, the supreme court dismissed the APC candidate’s appeal for lacking in merit.

The court upheld the concurrent findings of the lower court affirming the election of Mohammed as the duly elected governor of Bauchi.

The judge said some of the witnesses called by the appellant admitted that they did not participate in the election.

He, therefore, held that the appellant failed to prove the allegation of infraction, dismissing his appeal for “lacking in merit”.