By George Coben, Bauchi
The Chairman, Bauchi State Caretaker Committee of the APM, Alhaji Shehu Adaji, has said that the committe is the only recognized leadership of the party in the state.
Adaji therefore dismissed claims to the party’s leadership by the former Chairman, Auwal Isah, which he described as misleading and unauthorized.
The Caretaker Committee Chairman made this known while briefing newsmen at the party’s secretariat, in Bauchi.
Adaji said that the National working Committe, NWC, and the National Executive Committee, NEC, under the leadership of the National Chairman, Yusuf Dantalle, dissolved the party’s entire executive structure in the state, from ward to state level.
He said that the NWC and NEC approved and inaugurated a Seven-Member Caretaker Committee on October 27, 2026, in accordance with the party’s constitution.
“The committe was mandated by the constitution to administer the party, reconcile aggrieved members and harmonize its structures across the state,” Adaji said.
While saying that the party, therefore, remains the sole recognized leadership of APM in the state, he disclosed that preparations for Ward, Local Government and State Congresses were on going.
“The exercise will produce substantive executives through a transparent, credible and inclusive process,” the committe Chairman stressed.
Adaji urged party members and supporters to disregard what he described as unauthorized pronouncements by those seeking to create confusion within the party, reaffirming the committe’s commitment to party discipline, supremacy and internal democracy.
Recall that on October 21, 2026, a faction led by the party’s State Secretary, Mohammed Yahaya, announced the suspension and removal of Auwal Isah, as State Chairman, based on some alleged wrongs and constitutional breaches, which Isah rejected and threatened legal action.
The party’s National Leadership intervened by dissolving the entire state executive structure and inaugurated the committe to oversee its affairs pending the conduct of fresh congresses.
