Former IGP Adamu Raises Alarm Over Alleged Plot To Manipulate Nasarawa APC Governorship Primary

By Chinasa Okeke On Apr 30, 2026

Former Inspector General of Police and frontline gubernatorial aspirant of the All Progressives Congress APC, in Nasarawa State Muhammed Adamu-Abubakar has raised the alarm over a plot to manipulate the scheduled governorship primary in favour of Governor Abdullahi Sule’s preferred successor Ahmed Aliyu-Wadada.

At a media briefing in Lafia, Adamu-Abubakar, who spoke through his Director General of the 2027 gubernatorial movement, barrister Musa Hussein insisted that he would not be intimidated or distracted by the governor’s move, stressing that the electorate—not any individual—would ultimately determine who emerges as governor.

He alleged that ward executives and officials have been subjected to undue pressure to work for Governor Sule’s preferred candidate ahead of the party’s primaries.

He appealed to president Bola Tinubu and the national leadership of the APC to urgently review and nullify any unconstitutional declarations and reaffirm adherence to due processing as stipulated in the party’s constitution.

The director general further maintained that all the gubernatorial aspirants seeking the party’s ticket enjoy equal status until the outcome of the primaries, affirming that any declaration of a “Preferred choice” before the Primaries was deemed unofficial and without constitutional backing.

On April 16, 2026 at a meeting with political appointees in government house, Lafia, governor Abdulllahi Sule endorsed Senate Aliyu-Wadada as his preferred successor.

Umar Muhammed Lafia