Governor Inuwa rules out defection threats by Goje, others

By Ikechukwu Okaforadi

Gombe State Governor, Mohammed Inuwa Yahaya, has ruled out defection threats by some aggrieved members of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the State, including the senator representing Gombe Central, Danjuma Gone, among others.

Speaking with journalists after submitting his expression of interest and nomination forms to APC at the International Conference Center (ICC) in Abuja, Governor Inuwa, represented by his Chief of staff, Abubakar Inuwa Kari, said he is ready anytime anywhere for the governorship election in the State.

He said: “We are taking the campaigns from the PDP, nobody is leaving the APC, yes we had a few defections a few months ago but people are trooping into the APC. We are solidly on ground and we are fully ready.

“Any person that goes to Gombe state now knows that Governor Inuwa Yahaya has transformed the state over the last three years. The people of Gombe are grateful for what he has done. You go to Gombe today, you know you will see a new Gombe.

“And like one of his colleagues said when he came a few weeks ago, he called my principal the quiet storm and reference point of purposeful leadership. Gombe has changed and Gombe is for the better. So I invite you to come to Gombe and see for yourselves.

“The Governor has succeeded in creating a clear development roadmap and has placed Gombe State on the trajectory of sustainable development through a 10-year plan known as Development Agenda for Gombe State”.

Recall that both the expression of interest and nomination forms were earlier purchased and presented to the Governor by friends, associates and political support groups to enable him seek re-election in the 2023 gubernatorial election. The Governor is standing unopposed in the APC Governorship primary election like his Borno, Lagos and Kwara counterparts. 

To this end, he expressed confidence winning both the APC ticket and his re-election in 2023 general elections.

He said: “We have a saying in Gombe and I will say it in Hausa, ‘Ko Gezau’ either today, tomorrow or now we are ready for the elections, no shaking.”

The Chief of Staff was accompanied by the Gombe State Commissioner of Finance,  Malam Muhammad Gambo Magaji, APC Deputy National Financial Secretary,  Hon. Hamma Adama Dattuwa Ali Kumo,  Hon. Usman Aliyu Garry, board member, Gombe State Investment and Property Development Company,  Auwwal Musa Bashir and other associates.