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The Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party PDP and officially announced his defection to the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) along with members of the party loyal to the Tanimu Turaki-led executives.
Mohammed announced the defection at the Bauchi Government House on Saturday, flanked by the APM National Chairman, Yusuf Dantalle, and other party and government officials.
He said “after extensive consultation, we have taken a firm and strategic decision to join the Allied Peoples Movement (APM),” the Bauchi governor, 67, told the gathering.
“This is guided by one overriding objective: to secure victory in both states and continue to serve our people with utmost integrity, effectively mobilise our supporters and present a coherent and credible alternative to the people,”
Mohammed further stated that with the 2027 elections months away, he “cannot allow our people to run out without a credible and effective political platform”, hence the defection to the APM.
“Our duty is to provide energy and direction; at the same time, make sure that the opportunity provided to all of us is not diminished,” he said.
He thanked the PDP, the platform under which he was elected as governor in 2019 and re-elected in 2023, for the “important role it has played in our collective political journey”.
“It has been a platform through which we have found and contributed to the development of our state and our peer nation,” Mohammed said. “We remain grateful for this history and the opportunities provided.” he said.
Dantalle later presented Governor Mohammed with his APM membership card with the party’s flag .
“I welcome you into the party, and I will start by giving you what qualifies you to be a member of the party: your membership card,” Dantalle said while also presenting him with an APM-branded cap.
Mohammed was the chairman of the PDP’s Governors’ Forum. He, along with the Governor of Oyo State,Seyi Makinde were the last governors standing in the PDP
Speculations about his exit from the PDP has been going on for months with reports on the governor finding a safe landing in the All Progressives Congress APC meeting a brick wall
Similarly , the governor reportedly met with chieftains of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and officials of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) over talks of a possible defection.
The talks also did not yield fruit, leading him to synergize with the APM as the comfort zone.
