2027 · GubernatorialAPC
Abubakar Mohammed Abdullahi & Mustapha Farouk
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Mustapha Farouk
2027 governorship running mate
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THE PERSON- State
- Bauchi
- Country
- Nigeria
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Faruk Mustapha (INEC: MUSTAPHA FAROUK, age 61) is the All Progressives Congress (APC) deputy governorship candidate in Bauchi State, running mate to former governor Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar, for the election of 6 February 2027 (INEC final list, 10 October 2026). Press reports name him Faruk or Farouk Mustapha; the APC chose him by 16 July 2026. He was reported in October 2022 as a governorship aspirant who defected to the…
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Faruk Mustapha (INEC: MUSTAPHA FAROUK, age 61) is the All Progressives Congress (APC) deputy governorship candidate in Bauchi State, running mate to former governor Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar, for the election of 6 February 2027 (INEC final list, 10 October 2026). Press reports name him Faruk or Farouk Mustapha; the APC chose him by 16 July 2026. He was reported in October 2022 as a governorship aspirant who defected to the PDP, and directed Governor Bala Mohammed's 2023 re-election campaign. He was inaugurated as a Bauchi State commissioner in August 2023, in the Ministry of Rural Development and Special Duties, and resigned from the cabinet in 2026 to pursue political ambitions. A member of the Allied Peoples Movement, he sought its 2027 governorship ticket without success and resigned from the party by letter dated 5 May 2026 before joining the APC.
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2023
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDWorking lifeReviewed record
Director-General
Governor Bala Mohammed's 2023 re-election campaign
- Industry
- politics
Campaign director-general for the March 2023 governorship election (seen in that role on 20 January 2023).
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Commissioner for Rural Development and Special Duties
Bauchi State Government
- Industry
- state government
Listed among the commissioners inaugurated on 14 August 2023. Reported on 5 May 2026 as one of the commissioners who resigned to pursue political ambitions; on 17 July 2026 the governor announced he had accepted the resignation. Appointment is not an election role in the database, so stored as a career.
2027
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2027 Deputy-governorship election
All Progressives Congress · Bauchi
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INEC final list of candidates (Governorship, Bauchi State), published 2026-10-10 — SN 4; INEC name: MUSTAPHA FAROUK; age 61; male; qualification (as declared to INEC): PRIMARY SCH LEAVING CERTIFICATE GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION POST-GRADUATE, MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMIN; governorship candidate: Abubakar Mohammed Abdullahi · Named APC running mate to Mohammed Abdullahi…
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INEC final list of candidates (Governorship, Bauchi State), published 2026-10-10 — SN 4; INEC name: MUSTAPHA FAROUK; age 61; male; qualification (as declared to INEC): PRIMARY SCH LEAVING CERTIFICATE GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION POST-GRADUATE, MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMIN; governorship candidate: Abubakar Mohammed Abdullahi · Named APC running mate to Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar by 16 July 2026 (Daily Trust, Daily Post); the state organising secretary said his name was submitted to INEC. He had sought the APM governorship ticket and left that party after losing out (Daily Post). · INEC list check (2026-10-20): the original parser misattributed name between this ticket's candidate and running mate; the correct reading of this person's cell on the rendered PDF is: MUSTAPHA FAROUK.
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All Progressives Congress (APC)
APC deputy governorship candidate in Bauchi on INEC's final list (10 October 2026); reported as having left the APM and joined the APC by 17 July 2026. Joining day not found.
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Allied Peoples Movement (APM)
Member of the Allied Peoples Movement and an aspirant for its 2027 governorship ticket (did not get it); resigned by letter dated 5 May 2026. Joining day not found.
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INEC lists his qualifications as a Primary School Leaving Certificate, General Certificate of Education and a postgraduate Master of Business Administration; the institutions were not found.
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Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
Reported on 5 October 2022 as a governorship aspirant who defected to the PDP at Atiku Abubakar's rally in Bauchi; directed Governor Bala Mohammed's 2023 re-election campaign (PDP). Dates of joining and leaving not found.
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