Former IGP Obtains APC Nomination Form for 2027 Election
- Former Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, sought the APC nomination for the 2027 Nasarawa state governorship
- Adamu rejected the consensus candidate, Senator Ahmed Wadada, insisting on a competitive primary election
- The campaign director emphasised no national endorsement for Nasarawa governorship aspirants, promoting a fair election process
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Lafia, Nasarawa state - Former Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has obtained the All Progressives Congress (APC) expression of interest and nomination forms for the 2027 Nasarawa state governorship election.
Adamu has rejected the consensus and preferred candidate, Senator Ahmed Wadada.
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Legit.ng reports that Governor Abdullahi Sule announced Senator Ahmed Aliyu Wadada as the preferred candidate to succeed him in the 2027 election
Governor Sule announced the development while addressing members of his cabinet at the government house on Thursday, April 16, 2026
Reacting to Wadada's endorsement, Adamu insisted that he would go ahead with the contest ahead of the APC primary election in Nasarawa state slated for May 21, 2026.
The Director General of the Mohammed Abubakar Adamu 2027 Political Movement, Musa Hussein, said the former IGP believes strongly in his popularity and is determined to go into the APC primaries.
As reported by The Punch, he stated this during a press briefing at the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Nasarawa State Council Secretariat on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, in Lafia.
Hussein expressed confidence that the former IGP would win the forthcoming APC primary despite Governor Abdullahi Sule’s endorsement of Senator Ahmed Wadada.
“We are not considering the issue of consensus because we are in this contest to win the forthcoming governorship primary election of the APC and the 2027 governorship election.
“The former IGP is ready to go into a free, fair, and credible primary election, and I can assure the entire residents of Nasarawa State that we will emerge victorious.”
Adamu’s campaign director said there is no provision for unilateral adoption or imposition of any aspirant in the APC constitution.
“It is also important to clarify that no national endorsement has been granted for any governorship aspirant in Nasarawa State. Any attempt to associate such claims with a higher authority is misleading and should be disregarded.”
Recall that Adamu served as the 20th Inspector-General of Police (IGP) in Nigeria from January 15, 2019, to April 6, 2021, following his appointment by the late former president Muhammadu Buhari.
Source: UGC
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Proofreading by Funmilayo Aremu, copy editor at Legit.ng.
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