Gombe State Governor, Inuwa Yahaya, has blocked Senator Danjuma Goje from getting another Senate ticket while endorsing Jamilu Isyaku Gwamna as the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s consensus governorship candidate for the 2027 election.
Naijaonpoint reports that the Governor’s decision was announced at a stakeholders’ meeting, amid the long-standing political clash between Inuwa and Goje since the 2023 elections.
The party also released a list of consensus candidates for other positions. Mohammed Ahmadu Deba is picked for Gombe Central Senate, Jerry Damara for Gombe South, while Inuwa Yahaya is set to run for Gombe North Senate.
For the House of Representatives, candidates include Usman Bello Kumo (Akko), Inuwa Garba (Yamaltu/Deba), Ali Isa (Balanga/Billiri), Fatima Binta Bello (Kaltungo/Shongom), Saddam Bello (Gombe/Kwami/Funakaye), and Jamilu Shabewa (Dukku/Nafada).
Goje, a four-term senator aiming for re-election, was recently part of a Senate delegation that met President Bola Tinubu to reportedly seek automatic tickets for lawmakers, but the request was said to have been turned down.
Meanwhile, Goje recently denied defecting to the African Democratic Congress (ADC), stating that a membership card circulating online is not his own.
Goje made this known in a statement by his Special Assistant, Ahmed Isa Kashere, while reacting to a fake ADC membership card circulating on social media.
Goje described the purported membership card as the handiwork of ingrates aimed at tarnishing his image and portraying him in a bad light.
He maintained that he remains a proud and committed founding member of the APC, committed to promoting its ideals across Gombe State and the country.
