Politics
BREAKING: 2027: Bauchi Gov cancels defection move to APC, gives reasons
The planned defection of Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, has collapsed following disagreements over a proposed power-sharing formula.
Chairman of the Turaki-led PDP faction in the state, Sama’ila Burga, made this disclosure on Saturday while addressing newsmen in Bauchi.
Burga said the consultations between the governor, his Turaki-led PDP faction, and the APC leadership ended in a deadlock after the ruling party reportedly rejected a 60/40 formula for the control of party structure in Bauchi State.
Meanwhile, the governor and his supporters have, however, declared their openness to align with other political parties, noting that plans were underway to consider fresh options for possible defection from the ward to the state level.
Burga further stated that the APC had shown it was not ready to accommodate the PDP structure and the state government.
According to him, the APC initiated talks through the governor, involving its national leadership and the Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, who visited Bauchi to persuade Mohammed to join the party.
He said the discussions, however, stalled after the APC failed to agree to the 60–40 sharing formula, which he noted had been adopted in similar defections in other states.
“This is how it has been done in other places where governors defected to APC. They rejected this formula and we have closed that discussion. You cannot expect a government bringing its structure from ward level to the state not to have control of the party.
“We have called for this press conference at the instance of His Excellency, the Governor, who is leading the discussions,” he said.
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A former media aide to late ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, Bashir Ahmad, on Monday said Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Peter Obi’s ultimate ambition is to have his face on the ballot in 2027.
Posting on X, the former presidential aide noted that Obi might repeat the same feat in 2031.
He wrote: “For Peter Obi, it appears that his ultimate political ambition is to ensure that his face is on the presidential ballot, regardless of how insignificant the platform may be.
“He achieved that in 2023, he will do it again in 2027 and if circumstances permit, he may even make one final attempt in 2031.”
In 2023, the former Anambra State governor contested on the platform of Labour Party.
Obi came third behind Atiku Abubakar, then of the Peoples Democratic Party, and the winner, President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
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Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Monday paid a visit to the 2027 African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
Amaechi, a former governor of Rivers State visited Atiku at his residence in Abuja.
At the residence was a chieftain of the ADC and veteran Nollywood actor, Kenneth Okonkwo, and other dignitaries.
DAILY POST reports that the details of the visit was yet to be made public as at the time of this publication.
Amaechi contested the ADC’s presidential primary with Atiku and Mohammed Hayatu-Deen.
While the former Vice President emerged victorious, Amaechi came second. Hayatu-Deen finished third.
Amaechi and Hayatu-Deen had rejected the conduct of the election, stressing that it was not free and fair.
After the exercise, Atiku visited Amaechi and Hayatu-Deen while urging them to join hands with him in rescuing Nigeria.
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Former presidential aide, Bashir Ahmad, has called on the vice-presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Rabi’u Kwankwaso, to leave the party if he feels he’s been treated unfairly.
Ahmad gave the advice in a post on his verified X handle on Monday.
He was reacting to the replacement of some candidates earlier submitted by the Kwankwasiyya faction in Kano State to the NDC.
“If Sen Rabiu Kwankwaso genuinely believes that he has been treated unfairly by the national leadership of the NDC, then the most appropriate course of action would be to leave the party and pursue his political ambition on another platform.
“Rather than remain in a party where he feels constrained or marginalized, he should seek a platform that aligns with his aspirations and allows him to compete on his own terms,” Ahmad said.
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