Ex-Foreign Affairs Minister Tuggar, Bala Wunti Crash Out Of APC Governorship Primary, Fail To Secure Ticket
Ex-Foreign Affairs Minister Tuggar, Bala Wunti Crash Out Of APC Governorship Primary, Fail To Secure Ticket
The APC primary election, which was marred by hours of delay before the final declaration, ended with former Bauchi State Governor, Mohammed Abubakar, emerging victorious over six other aspirants.
Aformer Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, and former Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) official, Bala Maijama’a Wunti, have lost their bids to secure the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship ticket ahead of the 2027 election in Bauchi State.
The APC primary election, which was marred by hours of delay before the final declaration, ended with former Bauchi State Governor, Mohammed Abubakar, emerging victorious over six other aspirants.
Chairman of the APC Governorship and House of Assembly Primaries Committee for Bauchi State, retired Assistant Inspector General of Police, John Abang, announced the results in the early hours of Saturday.
According to the committee, Abubakar polled 57,517 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Tuggar, who secured 26,001 votes.
Another contender, Nura Manu Soro, garnered 13,638 votes, while Wunti scored 13,648 votes.
Other aspirants in the contest included Kabir Baba Ma’aji, who polled 8,157 votes; Baba Abubakar Suleiman, who secured 7,688 votes; and Yakubu Yakubu Abdullahi, who scored 7,181 votes.
The outcome marks a political comeback attempt for Abubakar, who lost his re-election bid in 2019 to incumbent Governor Bala Mohammed of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Mohammed had defeated Abubakar while the latter was seeking a second term under the APC platform.
Tuggar was among the first batch of cabinet members who resigned from President Bola Tinubu’s administration following the directive that all appointees nursing political ambitions ahead of the 2027 elections must leave office before March 31, 2027.
