Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State will not be defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC) after talks between his faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the APC leadership collapsed. Samaila Adamu Burga, chairman of the Tanimu Turaki-backed PDP faction in Bauchi, announced the development at a press briefing in Bauchi on Saturday. He revealed that APC initiated discussions through its National Chairman, Prof Yiltwada Netanwe, and Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, who visited Bala Mohammed in Bauchi. The talks failed because the APC rejected a proposed 60/40 power-sharing formula for control of the party in Bauchi State. Burga stated that the formula had been used in previous gubernatorial defections to the APC, but this time it was not accepted. He emphasized that a sitting governor bringing an entire political structure from ward to state level cannot reasonably be expected to have no control over the party. According to Burga, the decision to end talks was made after extensive consultations with PDP stakeholders and under the direction of the governor. The Bauchi PDP faction is now exploring alliances with other political parties for a possible realignment. Burga confirmed that discussions with APC have been formally discontinued and that no further negotiations will take place. He maintained that while the APC is off the table, all other political parties remain potential partners for the governor and his political structure.
Bala Mohammed pushed for a defection deal that demanded control of a party he was trying to join, yet expected the APC to accept a 60/40 power split it had previously rejected in similar cases. His political structure now faces uncertainty as it courts unknown parties without a declared destination or timeline. The people of Bauchi State are being asked to follow a leader into an undefined political future based on conditions that have already been refused once. Comfort, as Burga called it, remains an unproven promise in a shifting landscape.
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