The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has affirmed the election of Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, The Herald reports.
This follows the appeal lodged by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Sadique Abubakar, challenging the March 18 gubernatorial election in the state.
The court held that there is no strong reason to nullify the election as the election was conducted in compliance with the law.
The judgment was delivered by a three-man panel chaired by Justice P.T Kwahar.
INEC had in March declared that Mohammed, candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, polled 525,280 to beat his closest rival and the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Air Marshal Abubakar who polled 432,272.