Supporters of the immediate past Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, have urged the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, to review the party’s governorship candidate selection process in Bauchi State ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The appeal was made by members of the Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar Foundation, who said they had formally written to the APC national leadership challenging the decision.
Arewa PUNCH reports that Tuggar had earlier participated in the APC primaries to serve as the party’s Bauchi State governorship candidate
Addressing journalists in Bauchi on Tuesday, the Secretary of the foundation, Shehu Barau, said the group considered Abubakar’s declaration unusual because it was made by the former governor himself rather than by the party’s appropriate organs.
He stressed, “We describe the declaration as purported because it was made by Mohammed Abubakar himself, rather than through an official announcement by the appropriate organs of the All Progressives Congress. Such a development is unusual and unprecedented. To date, the party has not publicly and officially confirmed the declaration.”
