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Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed has declared himself a "freelance politician," a striking admission that lays bare the deepening crisis within Nigeria's opposition political space. He made the remark on Thursday after hosting a closed-door meeting with former presidential candidate Peter Obi at Ramat House in Bauchi.

The meeting, widely seen as part of early consultations ahead of the 2027 general elections, brought together Obi and a delegation of South-East political heavyweights, including Senator Ben Obi, former Imo State Governor Achike Udenwa, senators Enyinnaya Abaribe and Victor Umeh, and Udenta Udenta.

"Neither PDP nor ADC is standing alone. I am a freelance politician now, and his party is also in limbo. We are looking up to the judiciary. But certainly, we are all in the opposition," Governor Mohammed told reporters after the meeting.

The governor's words carry significant weight. Both the Peoples Democratic Party and the African Democratic Congress — the party Obi moved to after his 2023 Labour Party presidential run — are currently entangled in legal battles, with the Supreme Court yet to rule on key cases affecting both parties. Mohammed, who was a prominent PDP figure, appears to be hedging his position as the political ground shifts beneath him.

He hinted that the discussions went beyond pleasantries, touching on political realignment and the formation of a viable opposition platform ahead of 2027. "It is about realignment, alignment, and cooperation so that we can have a platform. We cannot go without a platform," he said, without revealing finer details of what was agreed.

Obi, on his part, framed the visit in broader national terms. He said the visit was aimed at building unity and rallying support from the North-East ahead of efforts to "build a new Nigeria." This is not the first time the two men have sat across from each other, in August 2025, Mohammed also hosted Obi in Bauchi and at that time encouraged him to join the PDP.

That a sitting governor now describes himself as a Bala Mohammed freelance politician, unanchored to any definitive party home, signals just how fluid and unpredictable Nigeria's pre-election political landscape has become. With the judiciary holding the fate of two major opposition parties in its hands, alignments that once seemed solid are quickly becoming negotiable.

walozanga:
Anything to unseat the clueless chicago drug lord. The worst president in the history of this country.
Zoombies pls i need 2000 liters of your tears.

Basic123:
Stale

Look for new song

Basic123:
Stale

Look for new song

SamGift0817:
https://voicenews.com.ng/bala-mohammed-calls-himself-a-freelance-politician-after-closed-door-meeting-with-peter-obi/

walozanga:
Anything to unseat the clueless chicago drug lord. The worst president in the history of this country.
Zoombies pls i need 2000 liters of your tears.

walozanga:
The reality your deaf ears must hear

sleek214:
I disagree, buhari remains the worst president in history

hush15:
Obi should leave Bala. Bala is interested in who he will share leadership position and party structure with 70/30, 40/60, etc. Obviously, the man is looking for ready food where he can have control and it is OK. The only reason he is freelance is because he doesn't know how he is goin to present a sharing formula to Obi because of Obi's personality. He knows Obi is not that kind of person for transactional politics. Even within ADC, they can't do transactional politics with him. He has said it.

This is the reason why need Obi in government, to bring some level of sanity to governance. Just focus on the Nigeria people for once. Transactional politics has so much eaten Nigeria that the people are not even in the discussion at all. Rub my back, I rub yours is all they are doing in and between the executive, legislative, and Judiciary arm of government but if one man who is focused on delivering governance to the people is at the helm of affairs, and politics takes the second saddle, Nigeria and Nigerians will be better off for it.

asfrank:
You are not making any sense..what does Obi have to give? He went there to beg rather.

walozanga:
Anything to unseat the clueless chicago drug lord. The worst president in the history of this country.
Zoombies pls i need 2000 liters of your tears.

hush15:
Well, to you....
I am pretty sure others will begin to differ

Peacecore:
Sometimes you guys comment from your anus instead of brain. Every party has till May 10 to submit their membership register to INEC or risk not being a candidate and we all know that Wike is not contesting for anything

Alliswell248:
Wailing is free.
Get yourself an eyeglass if you can't see the good things the government is doing.

Bitter people

fredoooooo:
Tell Obi what you wrote here now , he will tell you China meet onitsha in River Benue .
Thats the definition of clueless

Eraddray:
This one is just playing on the fence.. PO should knw he cannot be trusted

Lanretoye:
That’s a point blank response to giringory’s tease,no way foward and no way back…which other party wants to scatter should just allow him in.