Bauchi APC coalition begs Tinubu to intervene in party crisis

By Rauf Oyewole 

Coalition of APC and President Tinubu's Support Groups have urged President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the ongoing crisis that erupted in the All Progressives Congress (APC) to avoid downfall of the party.

The groups on Monday said that some “unsettling and quite disturbing developments” arising out of the recently concluded state congress in Bauchi State are threatening the Party. They called on the national leadership and the President to intervene to sustain the spirit of optimism across Bauchi State ahead of the 2027 election.

The leader of the coalition, Barrister Jibrin Jibrin while addressing the press in Bauchi Monday, said some few stakeholders were planning to “subvert the will and choice of the overwhelming majority of stakeholders as expressed in the result of the recently concluded state congress where a new set of executives of the party were duly elected, endorsed and returned as monitored by INEC, security agencies, the media and other stakeholders. 

‘For clarity and ease of reference, we hereby present a certified true copy of the result of state congress which returned Alhaji Muhammad Hassan Tilde, Alhaji Mustapha Zirami and Alhaji Yakubu Muhammed among others as State Chairman, Secretary and Organizing Secretary of the party, respectively.

“It is, however, a matter of grave concern and worry that after the exercise was duly concluded between the 3rd and 4th March 2026, these forces who have been largely responsible for the party's dismal outing in the past presidential and other elections in the state launched a self-serving attempt aimed at manipulating the result such that the persons already elected and returned as the State Secretary, Organizing Secretary among others would be replaced by their own candidates who have been roundly defeated at the exercise. 

“Mr. President, this is the problem. Against this background, Sir, the party in Bauchi State needs your intervention and that of the national leadership of the party so that your victory comes 2027 and that of the party as a whole is not derailed on the altar of the selfish interest of these few,” he said.