APC Support Group Demands Bauchi Governorship Candidate’s Withdrawal

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has been urged to interchange its Bauchi State governorship candidate, Mohammed Abubakar, forward of the 2027 election.

Citing his earlier defeat as an incumbent governor, the National Patriotic Front for Tinubu (NPFFT), in a press release on Friday, requested Abubakar to voluntarily relinquish the celebration’s ticket to permit one other aspirant to contest the governorship election.

“The NPFFT after extensive consultations and a careful assessment of the emerging political realities in Bauchi State, is compelled to make this urgent and unequivocal appeal to the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

“The APC must urgently reconsider its gubernatorial candidacy in Bauchi State. We specifically call on Mohammed Abubakar to voluntarily resign as the APC gubernatorial candidate and give the party an opportunity to field a candidate with broader grassroots acceptance, stronger popularity and greater electoral appeal,” the assertion learn.

The assertion was signed by the group’s Director General, Castro Ezama, and National Secretary, Musa Zubairu.

The group stated its place was knowledgeable by considerations concerning the APC’s possibilities in Bauchi. It argued that celebration buildings, monetary sources and influential leaders weren’t sufficient to safe victory with no candidate able to attracting voters.

It stated the celebration wanted a flag bearer who may mobilise grassroots supporters, unite members and attraction to voters throughout political, ethnic, spiritual and generational strains.

Section 31 of the Electoral Act 2026 supplies for the withdrawal and substitution of candidates not later than 90 days earlier than an election. In May, the Federal High Court in Abuja, in a go well with filed by the Youth Party, dominated that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) couldn’t shorten the statutory interval by imposing an earlier deadline in its election timetable. The court docket nullified the affected provisions and ordered the fee to amend its timetable.

In a separate ruling days later, the court docket affirmed INEC’s authority to difficulty an election timetable in a go well with by the Social Democratic Party (SDP), but additionally voided sure candidate nomination and substitution deadlines inconsistent with the Act. INEC subsequently appealed the judgments on the grounds that they raised questions concerning the extent of its authority to coordinate and regulate electoral actions.