Senator Shehu Buba withdraws from APC Bauchi governorship primary

Senator Shehu Buba Umar has withdrawn from the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship superior predetermination successful Bauchi State scheduled for tomorrow, May 21, 2026, citing alleged irregularities and violations of electoral laws and enactment guidelines.

The senator, who represents Bauchi South Senatorial District successful the 10th Senate, announced his withdrawal successful a connection issued by his Special Adviser connected Media and Communications, Sabo Muhammad.

According to the statement, the determination followed what the legislator described arsenic wide breaches of the 1999 Constitution, the Electoral Act 2026, the APC Constitution 2022 (as amended), and the party’s electoral guidelines.

Shehu Buba alleged that the APC successful Bauchi State had been engulfed successful enactment crises involving cardinal authorities enforcement positions, including the offices of the State Secretary and Organising Secretary, a improvement helium said negatively affected the behaviour of the ward, section authorities and authorities congresses.

The legislator stated that contempt respective efforts by him and different stakeholders to resoluteness the issues wrong the party, nary meaningful advancement was achieved.

He maintained that his information successful the governorship contention was guided by the APC’s principles of interior ideology and the regularisation of instrumentality arsenic enshrined successful the party’s constitution.

The connection quoted Article 7(ix) and (x) of the APC Consti...