In the first of such public declarations ahead of elections, six politicians have taken to the stage of an event in Yola, Adamawa State to declare their ambitions to run for governor.
The aspirants seized the inauguration of the Council of Elders by the Gongola People’s Forum, GPF, to express their desires to fill the gaps in the governance of the state.
The aspirants, Senator Ishaku Abbo, Mr Denis Habila Gapsiso, Dr Ishaya Inuwa Durkwa, Mr Yuguda Garba, Dr Musa Maigana, and Mr Kube Dwana each stepped forward to articulate their vision for Adamawa State.
The most widely known of the six, Ishaku Abbo, the senator for Adamawa Central Zone between 2019 and 2023, said he is driven by a sense of commitment to fill gaps in governance.
In their separate speeches, the aspirants said they were poised to address the many challenges currently troubling the state.
DAILY POST reports that the Gongola People’s Forum which was formed last year to unite the minority ethnicities mostly within Old Gongola State, particularly the part now called Adamawa State, has been waxing in popularity among its vast membership.
It is unclear now whether the forum would try to endorse any of the known aspirants and more to come or allow everyone to test their individual strengths at the polls.
Other politicians within the fold of GPF who are rumoured to be equally interested in the Adamawa guber race but were not at the GPF meeting include Chief Maurice Vunobolki, Wafari Theman, Caleb Andrew Myebangara, and Alhaji Bello Ibrahim Hong.