Picture of bauchi state governor abubakar

Nigerian politician (born 1956)

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.

Picture of bauchi state governor abubakar bagudu

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.

Early life

Mohammed Abubakar was born in Gombe, to the family of Late Alhaji Abdullahi Abubakar (ACP rtd).

He attended Jos Native Authority Primary School from 1963 to 1968 and proceeded to Tudun Wada Primary School Kano in 1969. He then gained admission into G