Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has described President Bola Tinubu as a true federalist and advocate of the rule of law.

The governor highlighted that, under the Tinubu’s led administration, the judiciary has flourished independently, free from external influence.

This is coming on the heels of the Supreme Court judgment which upheld his election as the governor of Bauchi State.

THISDAY reports that in a judgment delivered on Friday, Justice Ibrahim Saulawa who read the lead judgment, dismissed the appeal filed by Sadique Abubakar of the All Progressived Congress (APC) for lacking in merit.

Addressing mammoth crowd who trooped to the Government House’s house yesterday to celebrate with him, the governor said: “I’m grateful to the Nigeria judiciary. I’m going to President Tinubu for allowing the rule of law to persist, irrespective of the lies. No amount of mischief will bring us down”

 “President Tinubu is a beacon of the rule of law worthy of emulation by all.”

According to him, the outcome of the court case right from the tribunal up to the Supreme Court has made him to have more confidence in the judiciary.