{"id":199064,"date":"2026-04-18T18:45:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T17:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/bauchi-gov-cancels-apc-defection-move-and-explains"},"modified":"2026-04-18T19:57:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T18:57:06","slug":"bauchi-gov-cancels-apc-defection-move-and-explains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/bauchi-gov-cancels-apc-defection-move-and-explains","title":{"rendered":"Bauchi Gov Cancels APC Defection Move and Explains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The planned defection of Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, has collapsed following disagreements over a proposed power-sharing formula.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman of the Turaki-led PDP faction in the state, Sama\u2019ila Burga, made this disclosure on Saturday while addressing newsmen in Bauchi.<\/p>\n<p>Burga said the consultations between the governor, his Turaki-led PDP faction, and the APC leadership ended in a deadlock after the ruling party reportedly rejected a 60\/40 formula for the control of party structure in Bauchi State.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the governor and his supporters have, however, declared their openness to align with other political parties, noting that plans were underway to consider fresh options for possible defection from the ward to the state level.<\/p>\n<p>Burga further stated that the APC had shown it was not ready to accommodate the PDP structure and the state government.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the APC initiated talks through the governor, involving its national leadership and the Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, who visited Bauchi to persuade Mohammed to join the party.<\/p>\n<p>He said the discussions, however, stalled after the APC failed to agree to the 60\u201340 sharing formula, which he noted had been adopted in similar defections in other states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is how it has been done in other places where governors defected to APC. They rejected this formula and we have closed that discussion. You cannot expect a government bringing its structure from ward level to the state not to have control of the party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have called for this press conference at the instance of His Excellency, the Governor, who is leading the discussions,\u201d he said.<\/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. The planned defection of Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, has collapsed following disagreements over a proposed power-sharing formula. Chairman of the Turaki-led PDP faction in the state, Sama\u2019ila Burga, made this disclosure on Saturday while addressing newsmen in Bauchi. 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