The Bauchi state governorship election petition tribunal, has upheld the victory of governor Bala Mohammed of the Peoples Democratic Party—PDP, in the March 18th governorship election.
The tribunal struck out the petition lodged by the All Progressives Congress—APC and its governorship candidate, former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar.
In a landmark judgement, the three man tribunal headed by Justice P.T Kwahar, ruled that there is no valid reason to cancel the election as the poll was conducted in line with the provisions of the law.