Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar

Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar
Governor of Bauchi State
In office
29 May 2015 – 29 May 2019
DeputyAudu Sule Katagum.[1]
Preceded byIsa Yuguda
Succeeded byBala Mohammed
Personal details
Born (1956-12-11) 11 December 1956 (age 67)
Political partyAll Progressives Congress
Alma materAhmadu Bello University
OccupationPolitician

Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar (born 11 December 1956) is a Nigerian politician who served as governor of Bauchi State from 2015 to 2019.[2]

He is popularly known as Makama Baba. He began his career in the Civil Service where he rose through the ranks to become the Bauchi State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice. He ran for public office as Governor of Bauchi State in 2015 under the platform of the All Progressives Congress, the state's opposition party. He won the election, defeating the incumbent party's candidate by over 370,000 votes.[3] He began his tenure as the governor of Bauchi on 29 August 2016, succeeding Isa Yuguda.

  1. ^ "Continuity Audi Katagum take Oaths of office as Bauchi Deputy Governor". Bauchi state government. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  2. ^ premiumtimesng.com (in German) https://www.premiumtimesng.com/profiles/438467-profile-bala-mohammed-governor-of-bauchi-2019.html. Retrieved 5 June 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ "Nigeria 2015 Governorship Election Result - INEC Confirmed". www.nigerianelitesforum.com. Retrieved 12 January 2016.