Bala Mohammed, governor of Bauchi, has been elected as the
flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 governorship election
in the state.
Mohammed was unopposed in the rescheduled exercise which
held on Saturday.
According to Murtala Damagum, returning officer and chairman
of the governorship primary election committee, the governor polled all 646
votes cast during the election.
Recall that Ibrahim Kassim, secretary to the
Bauchi state government, polled 655 votes to clinch the PDP governorship ticket
unchallenged on May 28.
Kassim had resigned as the SSG to contest the Bauchi
governorship ticket in line with section 84(12) of the electoral act.
He however later withdrew from the governorship race citing
“personal reasons”.
Sources had revealed that Kashim only stood as a proxy for
Mohammed who was vying for the PDP presidential ticket.
At the party’s presidential primary election on Saturday,
the Bauchi governor finished in fifth position, securing only 20 votes.
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar polled 371 votes to
become the standard-bearer of the party.
After Kassim’s withdrawal, he was reappointed as SSG.
Mukhtar Gidado, media aide to the Bauchi governor, in a
statement on Thursday, said Kassim’s reappointment is sequel to his “track
record of sincerity, loyalty and wealth of experience”.
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