{"id":11118,"date":"2026-04-23T16:18:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T16:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/?p=11118"},"modified":"2026-04-23T16:19:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T16:19:06","slug":"not-aligned-with-any-party-im-freelance-politician-now-bala-mohammed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/2026\/04\/23\/not-aligned-with-any-party-im-freelance-politician-now-bala-mohammed\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Not aligned with any party, I\u2019m freelance politician Now\u2019 \u2013 Bala Mohammed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mvp-content-main\" class=\"left relative\">\n<p>Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, on Thursday claimed he now operates as a \u201cfreelance politician,\u201d stating he is no longer firmly aligned with any political party.<\/p>\n<p>He made this known while receiving an African Democratic Congress, ADC, chieftain, Peter Obi, alongside stakeholders from the South-East at the Government House in Bauchi.<\/p>\n<p>According to the governor, the meeting focused on fostering national unity and cooperation, emphasising that it was not rooted in partisan agendas.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-18\">\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1524595905268-5\" data-_bound=\"1\" data-_defined=\"1\" data-google-query-id=\"CP_j1bCvhJQDFZqDUAYdao42zw\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/14001636\/DP_InsidePost_MPU_2_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cNeither the PDP nor the ADC is standing alone. I consider myself a freelance politician now, and even his party is facing uncertainty. We are all awaiting judicial clarity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClearly, we belong to the opposition, which is why this remains a political engagement. However, we will not reveal all the details of our discussions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mohammed further explained that ongoing consultations among political players are aimed at exploring potential alliances and collaboration ahead of upcoming elections.<\/p>\n<p>He described Obi\u2019s visit as significant, saying it underscores efforts to strengthen ties across different regions of the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is advocating unity, bridge-building, and a better future for Nigeria. These are values we share as a government and as a people, and we are truly honoured by his visit,\u201d Mohammed added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-bot\" class=\"left\">\n<div id=\"mvp-prev-next-wrap\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div class=\"mvp-prev-post-wrap left relative\">\n<div class=\"mvp-prev-next-cont left relative\">\n<div class=\"mvp-prev-cont-out right relative\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, on Thursday claimed he now operates as a \u201cfreelance politician,\u201d stating he is no longer firmly aligned with any political party. He made this known while receiving an African&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11118"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11120,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11118\/revisions\/11120"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}