Bauchi State Governor, Sen Bala Mohammed Abdulkadir is set to pursue his second term reelection bid under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The governor has lost the PDP presidential ticket to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.
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Publicity Secretary of Bauchi PDP, Yayanuwa Zainabari said the candidate of the party Ibrahim Kashim Mohammed has stepped down on his own and the party is now following the process to conduct fresh governorship primary election.
There were reports that the governor used his former SSG, Barr Ibrahim Kashim as a front in the gubernatorial race while he pursued his presidential aspiration.
“Kashim won the election and was declared candidate, he has now withdrawn from the race for his own reasons,” Zainabari said.
Bala Mohammed had severally expressed his interest in going for a second term as Bauchi State Governor but his presidential aspiration came up along the line and he got his loyal friend Ibrahim Kashim to hold forth for him as the gubernatorial candidate of the PDP.
He has always said that he was going to do what was done in the 2019 general elections by the Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, after losing the then PDP presidential nomination and went back to pick up the party’s gubernatorial ticket which was then won by his deputy.
