2027 · SenatorialPRP
Samaila Dahuwa Kaila
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- Bauchi North · Bauchi
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Samaila Dahuwa Kaila
Senator for Bauchi North Senatorial District, Bauchi State
This term: 13 Jun 2023–present
THE PERSON- Senatorial district
- Bauchi North
- State
- Bauchi
- Country
- Nigeria
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Samaila Dahuwa Kaila (INEC: KAILA SAMAILA DAHUWA) is the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) candidate for Bauchi North Senatorial District in the Senate election of 16 January 2027 (INEC final list, 12 September 2026), and the district's serving senator. A medical doctor from Katagum Local Government Area who holds the traditional title Kachallan Katagum, he declared an MBBS to INEC and was described in 2018 as a former staff…
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Samaila Dahuwa Kaila (INEC: KAILA SAMAILA DAHUWA) is the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) candidate for Bauchi North Senatorial District in the Senate election of 16 January 2027 (INEC final list, 12 September 2026), and the district's serving senator. A medical doctor from Katagum Local Government Area who holds the traditional title Kachallan Katagum, he declared an MBBS to INEC and was described in 2018 as a former staff member of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA). He says he was running his own hospital when Muhammad Ali Pate drew him into politics as de facto secretary of Pate's campaign for the PDP governorship ticket in 2015, a bid that ended at the primary. In 2018 he sought the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) governorship ticket, a party he says he helped bring to Bauchi in 2017; reported in November 2018 as a defeated aspirant (he says he withdrew late in the contest), he joined the APC at a Bauchi press conference on 19 or 20 November 2018 and, by his account, was director of mobilisation for Governor Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar's unsuccessful 2019 re-election campaign. Invited into the PDP by Governor Bala Mohammed around 2021, he says he first chaired the state hospital management board; he was nominated a commissioner on 17 August 2021, confirmed by the Bauchi State House of Assembly on 27 August 2021, and served as Commissioner for Health until he resigned in 2022 to run for the Senate. He won the PDP Bauchi North primary on 23 May 2022 with 133 delegate votes (Gambo Laraba 71, Maula Aliyu 16, Aminu Yapeko 7) and the election of 25 February 2023 with 102,043 votes to 100,246 for Sirajo Tanko (APC), declared in Azare on 28 February 2023. Three petitions against the result were lodged at the Bauchi tribunal (outcomes not found); he took his seat in June 2023. In the 10th Senate he is deputy chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and says he sponsored the National Health Facilities Regulatory Agency bill. He resigned from the PDP by a letter dated 6 October 2025, citing its internal crises, and his move to the APC was read in the Senate on 14 October 2025; he has said his defection completed the APC's two-thirds Senate majority. As chairman of the Bauchi State APC caucus he opposed admitting Governor Bala Mohammed into the APC in April 2026. At the APC primary announced on 18 May 2026 he was reported to have polled 12,912 votes to 22,744 for Ibrahim Mohammed Baba; he disputes that a genuine primary took place and says he left before it concluded. His move to the PRP was reported on 25 May 2026. His opponents on INEC's list include Baba Ibrahim Mohammed (APC) and Adamu Abdulkadir (PDP).
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2018
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDParty membershipReviewed record
All Progressives Congress (APC)
Joined the APC from the NNPP (19 or 20 Nov 2018) and, by his account, mobilised for Governor M.A. Abubakar's 2019 campaign; stayed until Governor Bala Mohammed invited him to the PDP, 'I think, 2021'. end_date 17 Aug 2021 is an UPPER BOUND (his nomination as a PDP governor's commissioner), not the day he left; exact day not found.
2019
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDParty primaryReviewed record
2019 Governorship primary
New Nigeria Peoples Party · Bauchi
- Primary result
- Lost
- What this establishes
- A party-stage result, not election to public office
Sought the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) ticket for the 2019 Bauchi governorship: declared at a Bauchi press conference reported 28 June 2018 and still an aspirant on 6 August 2018. Two accounts conflict: Tribune (21 Nov 2018) called him 'the defeated NNPP governorship aspirant' (the basis of the 'lost' result recorded here), while in a June 2026 Tribune interview he said he…
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Sought the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) ticket for the 2019 Bauchi governorship: declared at a Bauchi press conference reported 28 June 2018 and still an aspirant on 6 August 2018. Two accounts conflict: Tribune (21 Nov 2018) called him 'the defeated NNPP governorship aspirant' (the basis of the 'lost' result recorded here), while in a June 2026 Tribune interview he said he withdrew from the contest towards the end. Primary date, votes and winner not found. He then left the NNPP for the APC (19 or 20 Nov 2018).
2021
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDWorking lifeReviewed record
Commissioner for Health
Bauchi State Government
- Industry
- Public service
Nominated by Governor Bala Mohammed on 17 August 2021 (from Katagum LGA) and confirmed by the Bauchi State House of Assembly on 27 August 2021; served as Commissioner for Health (still in office on 4 April 2022, holding a nomination form) and was described as 'immediate past' commissioner by 24 May 2022, having resigned to contest the Senate. Resignation day not found.
2022
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDParty primaryReviewed record
2023 Senate primary
Peoples Democratic Party · Bauchi North · Bauchi
- Primary result
- Won
- What this establishes
- A party-stage result, not election to public office
- Votes
- 133
- Recorded winner
- Sama'ila Dahuwa Kaila (PDP)
PDP delegate primary for Bauchi North; result announced at Zaranda Hotel, Bauchi, on Monday evening 23 May 2022 by committee chairman Muhammad Maibalangu. Kaila 133, Gambo Laraba 71, Maula Aliyu 16, Aminu Yapeko 7 (The Nation, 24 May 2022).
2023
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDElection participationReviewed record
2023 Senate election
Peoples Democratic Party · Bauchi North · Bauchi
- Result
- Won
- Votes
- 102,043
- Recorded winner
- Samaila Dahuwa Kaila (PDP)
Poll 25 February 2023; returning officer Prof. Ahmad Set'le declared the result in Azare, Katagum LGA, on Tuesday 28 February 2023: Kaila (PDP) 102,043, Sirajo Tanko (APC) 100,246 (NAN). Three petitions were filed against the result at the Bauchi tribunal (see legal record).
ElectedReviewed record
Senator
Bauchi North · Bauchi
- Status
- Current term
- Party on this record
- PRP
- Term
- 10th National Assembly
2025
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDParty membershipReviewed record
All Progressives Congress (APC)
Defection letter read in Senate plenary on Tuesday 14 Oct 2025 (Leadership's 23 Oct report says 11 Oct, which was the day his PDP exit was reported); presented to President Tinubu on 22 Oct 2025; chaired the Bauchi APC caucus (Apr 2026). Lost the APC primary of 18 May 2026 and resigned; end_date is the day the resignation was reported (letter date not found).
2026
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDWorking lifeReviewed record
Chairman
All Progressives Congress (APC), Bauchi State caucus
- Industry
- Politics
As caucus chairman he announced on Tuesday 7 April 2026, after a meeting in Abuja, the caucus's unanimous rejection of moves to admit Governor Bala Mohammed into the APC. Start date not found; ended with his exit from the APC in May 2026.
2027
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDParty primaryReviewed record
2027 Senate primary
Peoples Redemption Party · Bauchi North · Bauchi
- Primary result
- Won
- What this establishes
- A party-stage result, not election to public office
- Recorded winner
- Samaila Dahuwa Kaila
constituency: Bauchi North Senatorial District · INEC final list of candidates (Senate), published 2026-09-12 — SN 30, p.19; INEC name: KAILA SAMAILA DAHUWA; age 64; male; qualification (as declared to INEC): FSLC GCE/WAEC MBBS · Primary: PRP nomination; date, votes and opponents not found. Before that, as a sitting APC senator, he lost the APC direct primary for Bauchi North…
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constituency: Bauchi North Senatorial District · INEC final list of candidates (Senate), published 2026-09-12 — SN 30, p.19; INEC name: KAILA SAMAILA DAHUWA; age 64; male; qualification (as declared to INEC): FSLC GCE/WAEC MBBS · Primary: PRP nomination; date, votes and opponents not found. Before that, as a sitting APC senator, he lost the APC direct primary for Bauchi North announced on Monday 18 May 2026 by committee chairman Brig.-Gen. Saidu Abdulhameed (retd): Ibrahim Mohammed Baba 22,744 (Leadership: 22,764), Kaila 12,912, Sirajo Ibrahim Tanko 5,202. Kaila disputes that a genuine primary held and says he left the APC before it concluded; his resignation from the APC and move to the PRP were reported on 25 May 2026. INEC's final list (12 Sep 2026) has 9 Bauchi North candidates, among them Baba Ibrahim Mohammed (APC), Adamu Abdulkadir (PDP), Suleiman Mohammed Nazif (ADC) and Auwalu Dahiru Sale (NNPP).
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Education on record
Declared to INEC: First School Leaving Certificate (FSLC), GCE/WAEC and MBBS (awarding institutions and years not found).
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Election petitions against his return as senator for Bauchi North (2023)
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- Court / authority
- Governorship, National and State House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal, Bauchi
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Closed
The tribunal's list of petitions (reported 4 May 2023) included three challenging the Bauchi North senatorial election he won on 25 February 2023; on 12 March 2023 the tribunal had granted the NNPP candidate, Mijinyawa Mohammed, leave to inspect the election materials. Petitioners other than the NNPP candidate and the judgments were not found. None unseated him: he has sat as Bauchi North senator from June 2023 to date.
Dated entries in this matter 1 entry
- Filing / appearance recorded · Closed
The tribunal's list of petitions (reported 4 May 2023) included three challenging the Bauchi North senatorial election he won on 25 February 2023; on 12 March 2023 the tribunal had granted the NNPP candidate, Mijinyawa Mohammed, leave to inspect the election materials. Petitioners other than the NNPP candidate and the judgments were not found. None unseated him: he has sat as Bauchi North senator from June 2023 to date.
Honours & recognitionReviewed record
Kachallan Katagum
Traditional title of Katagum (Azare); he is styled 'Kachallan Katagum' in a 2024 Daily Trust letter and 'Dr Samaila Dahuwa Kachallah' in 2018. Conferral date not found.
- Awarded by
- Katagum Emirate (traditional title)
- Category
- Traditional title
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Working lifeReviewed record
Medical doctor
Private medical practice (own hospital)
- Industry
- Healthcare
- Employment
- Owner
Medical doctor (MBBS declared to INEC); says he was 'just a medical doctor in my hospital' when Ali Pate drew him into politics around 2015. Hospital name, location and years not found.
Party membershipReviewed record
New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP)
Says he brought the NNPP to Bauchi in 2017; its governorship aspirant in 2018. Left for the APC at a Bauchi NUJ press conference reported on 21 Nov 2018 (Punch: Monday 19 Nov; Tribune: Tuesday 20 Nov - end_date uses Tribune), citing 'injustice and lack of focus' in the party.
Party membershipReviewed record
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
Joined c. 2021 at Governor Bala Mohammed's invitation (his account; day not found); Commissioner for Health under the PDP government and its senator for Bauchi North from 2023. Resigned by a letter dated 6 October 2025 to his ward chairman (Tsokuwa/Kofar Gabar ward, Katagum LGA), citing 'incessant internal squabble' and factionalisation.
Party membershipReviewed record
Peoples Redemption Party (PRP)
Joined the Peoples Redemption Party after the APC primary (reported 25 May 2026; joining day not found); PRP candidate for Bauchi North on INEC's final list (12 September 2026).
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Committee & oversightReviewed record
Senate Committee on Health
Deputy · Senate
The end of this committee role is not recorded.
Working lifeReviewed record
Staff
National Intelligence Agency (NIA)
- Industry
- Government / intelligence
- Employment
- Employee
Described in June 2018 as a former staff member of the NIA (the source writes 'Nigeria Intelligence Agency (NIA)'). Role and years not found.
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