Mohammed Abdullahi Mohammed

Mohammed Abdullahi Mohammed (born 11 December 1956) is a Nigerian politician who served as Governor of Bauchi State from 2015 to 2019. He is popularly known as Makama Baba.

He began his career in the Civil Service, rising through the ranks to become the Bauchi State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice. He ran for public office as Governor of Bauchi State in 2015 under the All Progressives Congress (APC), defeating the incumbent party’s candidate by over 370,000 votes.

Mohammed Abubakar was born in Gombe, to the family of Late Alhaji Abdullahi Abubakar (ACP retired). He attended Jos Native Authority Primary School from 1963 to 1968, Tudun Wada Primary School Kano from 1969, and Government College Kano (Rumfa College) from 1970 to 1974.

After secondary school, he completed a one-year pre-degree programme at the School of Basic Studies, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria in 1974. He studied Law at the Faculty of Law, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria from 1975 to 1978, obtaining an LLB Hons. He proceeded to the Nigerian Law School, Lagos (1978–1979) for his BL course, being called to the bar.

During his National Youth Service Corps (1979–1980), he lectured at Rivers State College of Science and Technology (now University of Science and Technology, Rivers State). After completing his youth service, he joined the civil service as a Pupil State Counsel in the Ministry of Justice, Bauchi State, rising to Senior Parliamentary Counsel and Head of Legal Drafting Department of Bauchi State House of Assembly in 1983.