{"id":176702,"date":"2025-08-29T22:15:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T21:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/bauchi-gov-bala-mohammed-denies-vp-slot-ambitions"},"modified":"2025-08-29T23:16:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T22:16:30","slug":"bauchi-gov-bala-mohammed-denies-vp-slot-ambitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bauchi-gov-bala-mohammed-denies-vp-slot-ambitions","title":{"rendered":"Bauchi Gov Bala Mohammed Denies VP Slot Ambitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Bauchi State State Governor, Bala Mohammed has denied speculations that he is positioning himself for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, vice-presidential slot in the 2027 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>The Bauchi governor made this rebuttal in an interview on Channels Television, where he spoke extensively on the party\u2019s zoning decision, internal dynamics and preparations ahead of the 2027 general election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not withdrawing because I want to prepare myself for the vice presidency. Of course, if it is within the consensus of our party leaders and the presidential candidate to choose me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am ready. But certainly, if I am not given it, I will give my maximum support to whoever emerges,\u201d Mohammed said.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on reports suggesting that the PDP was working on a joint ticket featuring Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde as presidential candidate with himself as running mate, the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors\u2019 Forum said the speculations were unfounded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI and Seyi have never discussed the issue of pairing. What we have mentioned is the issue of taking over power by the grace of God so that we can give Nigerians the opportunity of good governance in 2027 and beyond,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Bauchi State State Governor, Bala Mohammed has denied speculations that he is positioning himself for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, vice-presidential slot in the 2027 general elections. The Bauchi governor made this rebuttal in an interview on Channels Television, where he spoke extensively on the party\u2019s zoning decision, internal dynamics and preparations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":176701,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[13554,629,463,254],"class_list":["post-176702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-13554","tag-bala-mohammed","tag-bauchi","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bauchi Gov Bala Mohammed Denies VP Slot Ambitions - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bauchi State State Governor, Bala Mohammed has denied speculations that he is positioning himself for the Peoples Democr ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bauchi-gov-bala-mohammed-denies-vp-slot-ambitions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bauchi Gov Bala Mohammed Denies VP Slot Ambitions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bauchi State State Governor, Bala Mohammed has denied speculations that he is positioning himself for the Peoples Democr ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bauchi-gov-bala-mohammed-denies-vp-slot-ambitions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-29T21:15:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-29T22:16:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1756493355.277645.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bauchi-gov-bala-mohammed-denies-vp-slot-ambitions#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bauchi-gov-bala-mohammed-denies-vp-slot-ambitions\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Bauchi Gov Bala Mohammed Denies VP Slot Ambitions\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-29T21:15:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-29T22:16:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bauchi-gov-bala-mohammed-denies-vp-slot-ambitions\"},\"wordCount\":216,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bauchi-gov-bala-mohammed-denies-vp-slot-ambitions#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1756493355.277645.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2027\",\"Bala Mohammed\",\"Bauchi\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bauchi-gov-bala-mohammed-denies-vp-slot-ambitions#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bauchi-gov-bala-mohammed-denies-vp-slot-ambitions\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bauchi-gov-bala-mohammed-denies-vp-slot-ambitions\",\"name\":\"Bauchi Gov Bala Mohammed Denies VP Slot Ambitions - 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