The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bala Mohammed, has be declared the winner of the Bauchi state governorship election.

According to INEC report, he defeated Mohammed Abubakar, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and incumbent governor.

Announcing the results of elections on Monday, Mohammed Kyari, the returning officer, said Mohammed polled 515,113 votes to defeat Abubakar who scored 500,625 votes.

The total votes cast were 1,133,966, out of which 1,111,406 were valid and 22,560 votes, invalid.

He said the PDP candidate, having scored the highest number of votes and satisfied all requirements, had therefore been returned elected.

Earlier, Ibrahim Abdullahi, the resident electoral commissioner in the state, had appealed to politicians to take defeat in good fate.

“In any contest there will be winner and loser,” he said, urging them to celebrate with decorum.