Ex-IG Mohammed Adamu Challenges APC Consensus Candidate

Mohammed Adamu, the former Inspector General of Police, has officially obtained the All Progressives Congress (APC) nomination form to contest in the 2027 governorship election in Nasarawa State. He has publicly rejected the consensus candidate supported by Governor Abdullahi Sule and Senator Ahmad Wadada.

Adamu expressed his readiness to participate in the upcoming APC primaries scheduled for May 21, 2026, emphasizing that he is fully prepared to win. During a press briefing at the Nigeria Union of Journalists Nasarawa State Council Secretariat in Lafia, Musa Hussein, the Director General of Adamu's campaign team, criticized the consensus approach as unconstitutional and a threat to internal party democracy.

Hussein asserted that the APC's constitution provides for two legitimate methods of candidate emergence: direct primaries and consensus, and he highlighted concerns regarding the credibility of the process under undue pressure from party officials. He called for adherence to democratic principles and a transparent electoral process.