Buhari wins in Bauchi

The result of the presidential election in Bauchi State was released on Sunday by the state Independent National Electoral Commission.

The result of the exercise, which was marred by violence in some parts of the state, showed that the Congress for Progressive Change emerged the winner with 1,315,209 votes while the Peoples Democratic Party recorded 258,404 votes.

Announcing the results to party agents and the media at the INEC office, the Bauchi State Collation Officer, Mr. Mohammed Mohammed, said out of a total of 2,352,092 eligible voters that registered in the state, only 1,650,459 voters actually participated in the exercise.

He said that at the end of the exercise, 40,365 votes were rejected bringing the total number of valid votes to 1,610,094.

The Action Congress of Nigeria came a distant third with 16,674 votes, followed by the All Nigeria Peoples Party with 8,777 votes.

Speaking to our correspondent on the outcome of the election, the ACN agent, Mr. Baba Madugu, said since the party’s agents at the polling units did not come back with complaints, he believed that the result was fair.

He, however, said that it was only the party headquarters that could decide on the next line of action as he was only at the INEC office to take the result to the office.

“The agents who were at the polling units did not come back with any complaint. But I will submit the report to the office where they will decide what next to do. But I believe that the election was free and fair because there was no complaints from the people who were on the field,” he said.