ANALYSIS: Governorship Election: It’s a two-horse race in Gombe
Although 32 political parties are fielding candidates in Saturday’s governorship election in Gombe State, the battle is between the ruling Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Usman Nafada, and that of the major opposition All Progressives Congress , Inuwa Yahaya.
He said Mr Nafada “was a former Speaker of the state assembly, a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives and is currently a Senator representing Gombe north in the Senate and is, therefore, better placed to govern the state well”. “All politics is local and I can assure you that PDP controls 90 per cent of the grassroots here. We have control of the state assembly and our members who are popular in their constituencies will not only deliver themselves but the party as a whole,” he said.
By losing all parliament seats and the presidential election, it is difficult to see how PDP can overcome the challenge. This can be attested to by the outcome of recent elections held in the state in which the party posed 100 per cent victory. Another strength of Mr Yahaya is that he appears to enjoy more support of some of the political big wigs in the state.
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