Bauchi State APC Initiates Leadership Change: Chairman Removed, Deputy Assumes Role

The party’s Legal Adviser, Rabi’u Garba, revealed this after an emergency meeting held at the Next Level Secretariat of the party, briefing journalists at its conclusion…CONTINUE READING

He conveyed that 27 out of the 37 party executives reached this decision because Misau, in his role as state chairman, failed in his responsibilities, resulting in significant losses for the party in the recent general election, particularly in the gubernatorial race.

Garba stated, “After the executive committee meeting of the All Progressives Congress this morning, November 30, 2023, and having resolved and reflected on the issues and crisis affecting our party.

particularly, the challenges we have faced immediately after the elections up to the general elections to today, we have witnessed a lot of negativities happening within the party.

“Members are beginning to lose confidence in the administration of Bauchi State. In order to address the situation, the state executives decided to convene this morning and reached a resolution.

“As a result, pursuant to article 17 sub-article 5 of the All Progressives Congress 2022 as amended, we unanimously passed a vote of no confidence in the state chairman, Alhaji Babayo Misau.

“And under article 17 sub 6 of the same constitution, we appoint his deputy, Alhaji Mohammed Tilde, in an acting capacity. He is now the state chairman of APC, Bauchi State.

“And as the constitution requires, we shall submit the same report to the national secretariat of the All Progressives Congress in Abuja, and subsequently, a congress would be held for ratification.

“This decision was prompted by the evident failure of the former chairman to lead the party effectively.

We have encountered numerous problems and issues affecting the party, which we deemed necessary to address by taking this decision; otherwise, the party would collapse in Bauchi State.

“We recognize that a majority of Bauchi State residents support the APC, but due to a lack of leadership, we lost some seats, and we were unable to secure victory, especially in the gubernatorial election during the last election.

It is not because people did not vote for the APC; the majority of Bauchi State residents voted for the APC, but we couldn’t defend or secure our votes due to the apparent failure of leadership.

“We have made this bold decision public, stating that Alhaji Babayo Misau is no longer the chairman of the APC in Bauchi State, and we have immediately resolved to appoint his deputy, Alhaji Mohammed Tilde, as the Acting State Chairman in Bauchi State.”