Mohammed, therefore, declared that “the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bala Lukshi, having scored the highest number of votes is hereby declared the winner and returned elected.”
Dass Local Government Area is one of the three LGAs represented by the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, in the House of Representatives.
The by-election was considered a test of political strengths between the Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, and Dogara, who recently defected to the APC.
The Dass Constituency seat became vacant when the representative, Musa Baraza, was killed by gunmen on Friday, August 14, 2020 at his residence in Dass.
Governor Bala Mohammed of the PDP had reportedly applauded the conduct and outcome of the poll.
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