Final Update : Isa Yuguda of the People Democratic party (PDP) has been officially declared by INEC Nigeria as winner of Bauchi State Governorship election and there by is now the Governor Elect.
The Commission said the governor won the rescheduled Governorship election, held in the state on Thursday, with 771, 503 votes.

Announcing the result, the Returning Officer, Muhammad Hamisu, said Yuguda' closest opponent, Yusuf Tuggar of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), scored 238,426 votes, while Baba Tela of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) came third with 157,237 votes.

The All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) candidate, Suleiman Nazif, polled 102,093 votes in the election contested by 12 parties, INEC said.

He said a total of 1,309,406 were cast in the election out of which 35,793 votes were rejected.

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Although soldiers and other security agents manned major roads in the state capital, there were a few security officers around polling centres. Tensions were high but voting was generally peaceful as voters were seen casting their votes in an orderly manner.

In Makama development area of Bauchi Metrapolis, Mohammed Abdullahi, an electoral commission adhoc staff said that the election team was out as early as 7.30am but waited for a long time before a trickle of voters started to show up. Many, according to Mr Abdullahi, did their accreditation and quickly went back home, choosing to return later to vote rather than wait at the polling stations.

Reports from other local governments in Bauchi State described similar situations. In Zaki Local Government Area, most polling agents from opposition parties were allegedly driven away by PDP agents who were there in large numbers. In Ganjuwa Local Government, voting started before 12 noon but there too, turnout was poor and just like in other parts of Bauchi, there was a visible absence of women.

A female voter, Hassana Mohammed, said, "I had to take a risk to come out to vote. My husband tried to stop me but I just had to vote in this last election."

Other problems recorded in Ganjuwa included underage voting at many of the polling units in the local government area.

The low turnout of voters can be credited to the state of security in the state. Many people displaced by last week's violence refused to leave their places of refuge like army barracks to come out and vote as they were still fearful. Others had lost their voter's cards in fires that razed their homes and were therefore unable to vote while some claimed that they intentionally destroyed the cards as they were too angry to vote.