Author: Usman Abdullahi (Sanata)

THE emergence of Dr. Jamil Isyaku Gwamna as the consensus governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Gombe State has been widely celebrated as a strategic, timely and far-reaching political decision capable of consolidating the party’s dominance ahead of the next gubernatorial election. Political observers, stakeholders and party loyalists across the state have described the decision of Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya to throw his weight behind Dr. Gwamna as one of the wisest political calculations in the recent history of Gombe politics, considering the widespread acceptability, political experience and grassroots connection enjoyed by the APC flagbearer. For many…