Segun Awofadeji in Bauchi
A group of lawyers under the aegis of Bauchi Lawyers of Conscience (BOBALAC) Saturday promised to defend the state’s governor-elect, Senator Bala Mohammed with 50 counsels if the incumbent governor, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar eventually approached the election tribunal.
Likewise, the Igbo community in Bauchi State pledged unalloyed support to the incoming administration of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), describing his victory in the March 9 governorship election as well deserved.
The two groups made the remarks in separate statements in response to the plan by the incumbent governor to challenge Bala’s victory at the Bauchi Governorship Election Tribunal.
In its statement yesterday, the lawyers of conscience said the recent move by the APC to go to the tribunal and challenge the election was a double speak and a form of insincerity after conceding defeat and congratulated the governor-elect.
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