Tag: Bala Mohammed

Bauchi: Appeal Court affirms Gov.’s election, dismisses APC’s appeal

Aminu Imam

The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja yesterday dismissed the appeal filed by the All-Progressives Congress (APC) in Bauchi State and its governorship candidate, former Governor Mohammed Abubakar, against Gov. Bala Mohammed, of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP). Recall that the Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Bauchi, had on 7th October 2019 dismissed the petition of the APC and its candidate in the election and affirmed the victory of Sen. Bala Mohammed as the duly elected Governor of Bauchi State. Dissatisfied with the tribunal’s judgement, the APC approached the higher court…

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Rivers: ‘Tinubu has intervened in political crisis’ – Bauchi Governor

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has intervened to resolve the political tension in Rivers State, Governor Bala Mohammed, of Bauchi State, has said. Speaking to State House reporters after a meeting of the National Police Council yesterday, Mohammed said the President was talking to the parties involved in the imbroglio and that there appeared to be hope for peace. Mohammed said, “He (President Tinubu) has shown that he is President for PDP and APC. We are going to work with him”. The Governor’s comments come amid reports of a rift between…

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Bala Moh’d emerges PDP Governors’ Forum chairman

Aminu Imam

Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has been elected as the new Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum. The Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, disclosed this to journalists shortly after a closed-door meeting held at the Government House in Bauchi yesterday. 13 governors and other key members of the PDP were in Bauchi for a one-day retreat for the officials elected under the party’s platform. Fintiri also revealed that the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, was elected as Vice Chairman of the forum. Mohammed, according to him, was…

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PDP: “I’ve fears over my re-election”, Bala Moh’d to G-5 Govs.

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..Says they share something in common Bauchi Governor Bala Mohammed has opened up to the Group of Five (G-5) Governors, comprising Governors Nyesom Wike (Rivers); Seyi Makinde; Samuel Ortom (Benue); Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia) and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu) on fears for his second term bid. The G-5 governors, who arrived in Bauchi, the State capital to woo Mohammed to their camp, are trying to capitalise on the perceived rift between Mohammed and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar. Mohammed had complained to the national chairman of…

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“Yar’adua made us proud, unlike Buhari who surrounds himself with liars” – Bala Mohammed

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Bauchi State Governor and presidential aspirant, Bala Mohammed, says believes President Muhammadu Buhari has failed the country because he surrounds himself with liars and sycophants. Mohammed expressed this belief on Sunday, while campaigning in Katsina State ahead of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s presidential primaries. According to him, “Katsina is a State that produces good leaders for the country,” he told PDP delegates in the state. “What the Late Umaru Musa Yar’adua, of blessed memory, did was the only thing that makes us proud. “Unfortunately, (President Buhari) has attached himself…

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2023 Presidency: IBB, PDP elders announce Saraki, Mohammed as northern consensus candidates

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Northern Elders have endorsed Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, and former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, as the northern consensus candidates of the opposition party. The decision was reached after a meeting held between the elders with former President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, a.k.a. IBB, at his country home in Minna, Niger State. Addressing newsmen shortly after, Professor Ango Abdullahi explained that about four aspirants from the North presented themselves for the consensus candidacy. They include Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, of Sokoto State, Gov. Bala Mohammed, of…

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National Security Failure: “I pity President Buhari” – Bauchi Governor

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Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, has described as unacceptable the inability of the Federal Government to secure the country despite the huge resources at its disposal. According to him, “It’s unacceptable for the Federal Government to continue to say that they cannot secure this country; they cannot secure our communities. We have the resources to do it”. Speaking yesterday, while donating cars to District and Village Heads in Bauchi, the governor said he really pities President Buhari, whom he argued really wanted to secure the country but for the lack…

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2023: Saraki, Sokoto, Bauchi Govs. mull consensus PDP presidential candidate

Aminu Imam

…To consult Atiku Bauchi State governor, Bala Muhammad, yesterday, hosted his Sokoto State counterpart, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, and a former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, to a consensus-building initiative among 2023 presidential aspirants of northern extraction, under the aegis of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP). The trio, all seeking the nomination of the PDP to run for the seat of Nigeria’s President, met for about two and a half hours at the Government House, Bauchi. At the end of the meeting, they posited that it was their considered resolution that…

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2023 Presidency: Bala Mohammed got it wrong on APC’s zoning to South – VON DG

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Godwin Amunde Founding member of All Progressives Congress (APC) Mr. Osita Okechukwu, has faulted Bauchi State governor, Senator Bala Mohammed’s argument against the party’s zoning of the 2023 Presidency to the South, saying that the governor got it wrong on all fronts. Okechukwu noted that Governor Bala’s disposition shows the lack of dynamism in the political thinking of opposition Peoples Democratic Party, stressing that the opposition party has shown that it is incapable of upstaging APC, especially when the unity and prosperity of Nigeria is not uppermost in their calculations.…

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Bauchi Gov. raises alarm over unidentified helicopter hovering over Lame/Burra Reserve

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Bauchi State governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, yesterday, raised the alarm over the suspicious movement of an unknown helicopter operating around Lame-Burra Forest, in Toro local government area of the State. The governor had last Saturday, while flagging-of his administration’s empowerment programme in the area, expressed worries over the spate of insecurity in the local government area, which he said had defied every solution. According to him, the geographic position of the local government area, which made it share boundaries with the North-Central and North-West, made it a gateway for…

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