Mohammed Audu (Hon.)

About Mohammed Audu (Hon.)

Hon. Mohammed Audu, also known as Audu Mohammed Lauya in some parliamentary records, is a Nigerian politician and member of the House of Representatives from Taraba State. He represents the Karim Lamido/Lau/Ardo-Kola Federal Constituency and is a member of the 10th National Assembly. He was originally elected under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general election but later defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in March 2026.

Public records provide limited information about Mohammed Audu's early life and educational background. OrderPaper identifies his formal name as Audu Mohammed Lauya and records his date of birth as 2 June 1966. The same parliamentary profile lists a Higher National Diploma (HND) as his educational qualification. Beyond these details, there is limited publicly verified information about the institutions he attended, his early upbringing or his professional career before entering elective politics.

Audu entered the federal legislative arena through the 2023 general election, when he contested for the Karim Lamido/Lau/Ardo-Kola Federal Constituency on the PDP platform. His emergence made him the representative of a constituency covering three local government areas in Taraba State: Karim Lamido, Lau and Ardo-Kola. The National Assembly's official directory currently identifies Mohammed Audu as the member representing the constituency in the House of Representatives.

Following his election, Audu became a member of the 10th National Assembly, which commenced in June 2023. His parliamentary profile lists him as a member of the House of Representatives, although the National Assembly's online profile contains little information about specific legislative interests, sponsored bills or awards associated with him. OrderPaper likewise currently records no detailed committee or petition information on its public profile.

As a federal representative, Audu's constituency encompasses communities across Karim Lamido, Lau and Ardo-Kola. These areas include predominantly rural communities whose economies are closely connected to agriculture, livestock production, trade and local commerce. His role in the National Assembly therefore involves representing the interests of the three local government areas at the federal level and participating in the legislative business of the House. Public constituency records, however, do not provide enough detail to make specific claims about the full extent of projects or interventions attributed to him.

A major political development in Audu's career occurred in March 2026, when he defected from the PDP to the APC. The defection was announced on the floor of the House of Representatives alongside those of other federal lawmakers who changed political parties ahead of the 2027 general elections. His move subsequently aligned him with the APC at both the federal and Taraba State levels.

His political realignment was followed by his emergence as the APC candidate for the Karim Lamido/Lau/Ardo-Kola Federal Constituency in the 2027 House of Representatives election. The APC's official candidate platform lists Mohammed Audu as its House of Representatives candidate for the constituency. The final candidate list reported from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) also identifies Mohammed Audu under the APC for the constituency.

The 2027 election will therefore represent another stage in Audu's federal political career. Having entered the House under the PDP in 2023 and subsequently moved to the APC in 2026, he is now listed to contest the constituency under his new political platform. The official candidate information places him among the candidates seeking to represent Karim Lamido/Lau/Ardo-Kola in the next National Assembly.

Overall, Hon. Mohammed Audu is a Taraba State politician whose public career is primarily associated with federal legislative representation. He has served in the 10th National Assembly for the Karim Lamido/Lau/Ardo-Kola Federal Constituency since 2023, initially as a PDP member before defecting to the APC in 2026. With an HND recorded among his qualifications and limited publicly available information about his earlier professional life, his most documented public role remains his service in the House of Representatives and his subsequent candidacy for another term under the APC in the 2027 election.