The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Governor Bala Muhammed as the duly elected governor of Bauchi State.
The Apex Court dismissed an appeal marked SC/1502, which the immediate past governor of the state and candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Mohammed Abubakar, filed to challenge the outcome of the governorship election.
Justice Mohammed Dattijo who delivered the lead judgement, held that the appellant failed to demonstrate the perversity in the concurrent findings of the Bauchi state Governorship Election Tribunal and the Court of Appeal in Jos.
Other members of the seven-man panel of justices concurred with the lead judgement.
Earlier, the court has also upheld the election of Governor Simon Lalong as the winner of governorship election held in Plateau State
Lalong was being challenged by Jeremiah Useni, candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in the last poll.