Beatrice Gondyi Bauchi
The leadership crisis rocking the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) in Bauchi State has taken a fresh turn, as the State Caretaker Chairman, Alhaji Shehu Adaji, reaffirmed the legitimacy of the caretaker committee, insisting that the party’s former executive structure had been duly dissolved by the national leadership.
Adaji, who spoke with journalists on Thursday at the party’s State Secretariat in Bauchi, said the dissolution of the former executive followed deliberations by the National Working Committee (NWC) and subsequent ratification by the National Executive Council (NEC).
He explained that the decision, taken under the leadership of the party’s National Chairman, Alhaji Yusuf Mamman Dantalle, affected the entire APM executive structure in Bauchi State, from the ward to the state level.
Consequently, he maintained that the former State Chairman, Alhaji Isa Maitakalmi Roba, and other members of the dissolved State Working Committee no longer possessed the authority to speak or act on behalf of the party in the state.
The caretaker chairman disclosed that, in accordance with the party’s constitution, the NWC and NEC approved and formally inaugurated a seven-member caretaker committee on October 27, 2026, with him as chairman.
According to him, the committee was mandated to oversee the administration of the party in Bauchi, reconcile aggrieved members and harmonise its structures ahead of the emergence of substantive elected executives.
He insisted that the caretaker committee remained the only recognised leadership of the party in the state and was already discharging its responsibilities.
On the ongoing congresses, Adaji said preparations were underway for ward, local government and state congresses in line with directives from the national leadership.
He noted that the exercise was expected to produce democratically elected executives who would assume responsibility for the party’s affairs at the various levels.
Adaji therefore called on party members, supporters, stakeholders, security agencies and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise the caretaker committee and disregard what he described as unauthorised leadership claims capable of creating confusion within the party.
He reaffirmed the committee’s commitment to party discipline, supremacy and internal democracy, stressing that it remained united in carrying out its mandate.
“There is no rancour. Whoever is doing anything outside the recognised structure is doing so at his own peril,” he declared.
The caretaker chairman further assured party members that the committee was working towards reconciling aggrieved members, strengthening the party’s grassroots structures and ensuring a smooth transition to elected leadership.
He reiterated that the ongoing congress arrangements and the decisions ratified by the party’s national leadership remained valid and binding, urging members to support efforts aimed at repositioning the APM in Bauchi State.
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