remains inexplicable, especially given that his party, the All Progressives Congress , won a majority of the House of Assembly seats.
At the height of the electoral discrepancies and disputations, the Returning Officer, Prof. Kyari claimed that 45, 312 votes were cancelled. But the fact-finding Committee put together by the Independent National Electoral Commission settled on 2, 533 as the actual number of votes from Ningi Local Government Area instead of 25, 330 as was earlier recorded.
The incumbent governor seems to believe that a rematch is inevitable and that knowledge has been firing him towards good governance and political calculations.For instance, two weeks before his inauguration on May 29, 2019, Senator Mohammed accused his predecessor of piling up a debt profile of N96billion for the state. Senator Mohammed, who spoke through the then head of Transition Committee, Mr. Ladan Salihu, accused Abubakar of exceeding the N57billion he inherited from Isa Yaguda.
The rerun poll in Tafawa Balewa LG provided Dogara the opportunity to reply the ex-governor intact. Adopting the toga of opposition, Dogara, while in office as Speaker of the House of Representatives spent time and resources to ensure that Abubakar, who he described a non-indigene of Bauchi State, did not return to power in 2019. Dogara endorsed and campaigned for the incumbent Bala Mohammed.
Days before the by-election, watchers of the power play in Bauchi said despite suffering defeat in 2019, APC remains the party to beat in the state, especially come 2023 elections.
Collaboration of lion and hyenas
Oga Abeg no vex which Bala are you talking about? Be precise pls.