Former Governor of Bauchi State, Mohammed Abubakar, has defeated ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, and six other aspirants to clinch the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2027 election.
PrimeTimes Nigeria reports that, after a delay which ran into hours, the Chairman of the APC Governorship and House of Assembly Primaries Committee for Bauchi State, AIG John Abang (rtd), announced the result on Saturday morning.
Abang announced that Abubakar secured 57,517 votes to emerge as the winner, while Tuggar gained 26,001 votes and Nura Manu Soro polled 13,638 votes.
Other contenders in the race included Bala Maijama’a A. Wunti, who scored 13,648 votes, Kabir Baba Ma’aji with 8,157 votes, Baba Abubakar Suleiman, who secured 7,688 votes, and Yakubu Yakubu Abdullahi, who polled 7,181 votes.
Tuggar was among the first set of appointees who complied with President Bola Tinubu’s directive to those pursuing elective positions in 2027 to leave the cabinet before March 31, 2027.
Tuggar describes his ambition as a unifying effort rather than a divisive move within the party.
“This is not just my ambition; it is a collective mission to move Bauchi State forward,” he said during a recent visit to the APC secretariat in Bauchi.
He emphasised that his entry into the race would strengthen internal democracy and healthy competition within the party.