The candidate for Bauchi North Senatorial District in the 2019 general elections in Bauchi state, Honourable Farouk Mustapha has received an award of excellence at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi during a students’ graduation ceremony.
WikkiTimes recalls that Farouq Mustapha contested for the senatorial position of Bauchi North during the 2019 general elections, but lost to Adamu Bulkachuwa of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in an election marred by irregularities.
Farouk later challenged the result of the election at the election petition tribunal, to get back what he termed as “stolen mandate”, but the case was dismissed as lacking in merit.
His subsequent appeal at the Appellate Court in Jos was also truncated, in what many pundits believe was impossible for him to win in view of Bulkachuwa’s influence within the country’s justice terrain.
Receiving the award on his behalf, his aide said, “I receive with delight this Meritorious and prestigious Award of Excellence on behalf of a Worthy, Effective and Efficient personality Honourable Farouk Mustapha for his indefatigable contributions for political emancipation.”
Farouk Mustapha who received the Award alongside Mr Bala Maijamaa Wunti of the NNPC was “the only politician across the state to have received such an honour, which showcased his commitment to excellence politically in the state and beyond,” his aide has said.
