The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the list of governorship candidates for the 2027 Nasarawa State election, with the name of former Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar Adamu, missing from the list.
INEC published the names of candidates and their political parties cleared to contest the governorship election in the state.
The list shows Ahmed Aliyu Wadada as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC); Musa Adamu Angbazo of the Social Democratic Party (SDP); Dahiru Musa Doma of the Action People’s Party (APP); Jonathan Gaza Gbefwi of the Labour Party (LP); retired Major General Nuhu Angbazo of the African Democratic Congress (ADC); Emmanuel David Ombugadu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP); and Ibrahim Kasimu Aboh of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).
Others listed are Christopher Mamman of the Action Democratic Party (ADP); Abdullahi Omame Abisabo of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP); Abubakar Abdu Giza of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP); Mohammed Awwal Suleiman of the Allied People’s Movement (APM); Abdullah Bukhari of the Action Alliance (AA); Kigbu John Tanko of the Young Progressives Party (YPP); Dogo Danladi Shammah of the Nigeria Democratic Congress Party (NDC); and Shuaibu Umaru Kubi of Accord.
However, Adamu’s campaign organisation has insisted that the former police chief is the SDP’s governorship candidate.
The Campaign Director-General of the Mohammed Abubakar Adamu Gubernatorial Campaign Organisation, Abdullahi Yammani, told Daily Trust in Lafia that the former IGP had registered with the SDP after leaving the APC.
According to Yammani, Adamu completed his SDP registration online after losing the APC governorship primary.
“The Ex-IGP, Mohammed Abubakar Adamu, has officially registered with the Social Democratic Party (SDP), online. He is fully in the race and ready to contest the governorship of Nasarawa State,” he said.
Yammani said Adamu’s decision followed consultations with stakeholders across the state’s 13 local government areas.
He added that the former police chief would draw on his experience in security and governance to tackle the challenges facing the state if elected.
The claim, however, conflicts with INEC’s published list, which names Musa Adamu Angbazo as the SDP governorship candidate.
Yammani expressed confidence that the discrepancy would be resolved, saying the campaign organisation had documents to establish Adamu’s registration and candidacy under the SDP.
The development is likely to generate further political debate in Nasarawa as parties and aspirants intensify preparations for the governorship election.
The issue could also result in further clarification, substitution or replacement of candidates within the period allowed by INEC.
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