Nigeria, Dec. 11 -- The Bauchi State Government has dismissed as false and mischievous a statement credited to the Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) in the state alleging that Governor Bala Mohammed is not welcome to join the party.

In a rebuttal issued on Wednesday, the government described the claim as the baseless rant of an attention-seeker, noting that silence in the face of deliberate misinformation could be misconstrued as acceptance.

According to the statement, at no point has Governor Mohammed contemplated leaving the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), let alone initiating any move to defect or reaching out to the PRP in Bauchi State. The government insisted that the assertion was entirely fabricated and ex...