After several hours of delay, the Chairman of the APC Governorship and House of Assembly Primaries Committee for Bauchi State, John Abang, announced the results on Saturday morning.

According to Abang, former Governor Mohammed Abubakar emerged victorious over six other aspirants to clinch the party’s governorship ticket.

He said Abubakar polled 57,517 votes to defeat Tuggar, who secured 26,001 votes. Nura Manu Soro garnered 13,638 votes, while Wunti scored 13,648 votes.

Other aspirants included Kabir Baba Ma’aji with 8,157 votes, Baba Abubakar Suleiman who secured 7,688 votes, and Yakubu Yakubu Abdullahi who polled 7,181 votes.

The APC candidate, Mohammed Abubakar, had previously lost to incumbent Governor Bala Mohammed in the 2019 governorship election. Bala Mohammed won the election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, while Abubakar contested as the APC incumbent governor.

Tuggar was among the first set of cabinet members who complied with President Bola Tinubu’s directive requiring appointees seeking elective positions in 2027 to resign from the cabinet before March 31, 2027.

The post Bauchi: Tuggar, Bala Wunti lose APC guber primary appeared first on Daily Dates Nigeria.