Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed accused the Tinubu administration of weaponizing EFCC against him on December 31, 2025, after his Finance Commissioner Yakubu Adamu and three others faced arraignment over alleged $9.7m terrorism financing linked to Bello Bodejo approvals. Despite his immunity, Mohammed branded the ten-count charges conspiracy, money laundering, terror funding as political persecution for spurning APC defection pressures amid tax reform clashes.
EFCC hauled Adamu, Balarabe Abdullahi Ilelah, Aminu Mohammed Bose, and Kabiru Yahaya Mohammed before Justice Emeka Nwite, alleging USD 2.3m cash diversions pursuant to gubernatorial nods, with bail bids countered and ruling set for January 5, 2026. Mohammed vowed resistance, claiming APC targets PDP holdouts like his cabinet as SaharaReporters exposed witness hiding and nephew flight probes tied to prior ₦4.6bn laundering.
Governor's outburst echoes Fubara's APC leap and Obi-Abaribe's ADC rebellion, framing EFCC as Tinubu's opposition hammer paralleling Wike's Abuja waste finger-pointing and Cross River's Cameroon land save. Bauchi's youth Atiku pledges amplify stakes as 2027 primaries loom amid Katsina AI leaps and Yobe school reopenings.
EFCC silent on retaliation claims, but Olukoyede's lawyer pleas underscore judicial battles from magistrate bribes to Bodejo ties, testing Tinubu's graft war against federalism cries. Mohammed's defiance spotlights PDP fractures as Super Eagles train and Edo twins' fate hangs in insecurity web.