- Bala Shamsu has criticised Atiku Abubakar, saying the statesmanlike hopeful did not enactment for Bala Mohammed, politician of Bauchi state, successful the 2023 election
- Shamsu, the lad of Bala Mohammed, politician of Bauchi, said Atiku worked for the APC during the past wide election
- Atiku and Mohammed are chieftains of the PDP, and some men are imaginable statesmanlike aspirants with respect to the 2027 election
Legit.ng writer Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has implicit 9 years of acquisition covering elections, politics, and governance.
Bauchi, Bauchi authorities - Bala Shamsu, the eldest lad of Bala Mohammed, politician of Bauchi, has accused erstwhile Vice President Atiku Abubakar of moving against his father’s reelection successful the 2023 election.
As reported connected Sunday, April 13, by Premium Times, Shamsu said it is clip for revenge.

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In a station connected his known X (formerly Twitter) leafage connected Saturday, April 12, Shamsu stated that Atiku is unwilling to reconcile with his begetter up of the 2027 election. According to him, it would beryllium hard for the statesmanlike campaigner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) successful the 2019 and 2023 elections to get the Bauchi governor’s enactment due to the fact that it is clip for ‘settling scores’.
The governor’s lad said successful a tweet successful Hausa:
“He (Atiku) didn’t enactment for america successful the 2023 election; helium worked for Air Marshal (the governorship campaigner of the All Progressives Congress, Abubakar Sadiq). He deployed elites successful Bauchi to combat us, and we narrowly won the election.“Now helium is taking america for granted, helium doesn’t worth america arsenic humans, helium is showing america that we are excessively tiny to telephone for reconciliation."Shamsu, however, did not notation the names of the Bauchi elites who teamed up against his father, the incumbent president of the PDP Governors' Forum.
Atiku's imminent 2027 statesmanlike bid
Legit.ng reports that Atiku ran unsuccessfully for President of Nigeria six times, successful 1993, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, and 2023.
In March 2025, the 78-year-old expressed uncertainty astir contesting successful the 2027 statesmanlike election, citing the request for a beardown and viable governmental platform.

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Atiku's remarks came soon aft helium announced a conjugation of absorption leaders moving to unseat President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) successful the 2027 election.
Asked if helium would tally for president successful 2027, Atiku responded:
“I don’t cognize due to the fact that determination has to be, archetypal of all, a viable platform, much than immoderate different clip successful the governmental past of this country, peculiarly since the instrumentality of democracy.”Despite his uncertainty, Atiku did not regularisation retired the anticipation of contesting, emphasising the urgent request for competent enactment successful Nigeria.
He added:
“I person not seen Nigeria successful dire request of, you know, an experienced and credible enactment than this time."Read much connected Atiku Abubakar:
- 2027 elections: Video emerges arsenic Atiku, El-Rufai, Suswam, Bindow, Tambuwal sojourn Buhari successful Kaduna
- Why Atiku should not tally for 2027 presidency, APC nationalist vice-chairman explains
- 2027 election: Tinubu's salient adjutant speaks amid plots to sack president
'Tinubu to decision Atiku, others' - Omokri
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Reno Omokri asserted that the seashore is precise clear for Tinubu concerning the 2027 election.
In a station connected his verified X page, Omokri, a erstwhile societal media adjutant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, explained that, among others, absorption fig Buba Galadima's caller affirmative comments astir Tinubu connote that nary genuine obstacles are successful show for the existent Nigerian president.
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