Nigeria, May 28 -- The Holy Qur'an teaches that power belongs to Almighty Allah alone, and that He gives authority to whom He wills and withdraws it from whom He wills. This belief shaped the response of Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar, SAN, former Governor of Bauchi State, to the events of 2019, and continues to guide his outlook as he prepares to return to the gubernatorial race in 2027 under the All Progressives Congress, a development that has rekindled conversations about power, destiny, and the role of divine will in politics.



Over the years, Nigerian politics too often slips into personal attacks, name-calling, and campaigns of calumny by losers or their proxies. In Bauchi, no figure has endured more sustained personality assaults...