The campaign organisation of former Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar Adamu, has rejected claims that the former police chief lacks a political platform to contest the 2027 Nasarawa State governorship election.
The organisation was reacting to comments attributed to the Nasarawa State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Aliyu Bello, questioning Adamu’s platform for the election.
In a statement on Friday signed by its Director of Media and Strategic Communications, Otaru Douglas, the campaign described Bello’s position as ‘false, laughable and born out of panic’.
It said Adamu remained in the governorship race and had secured a platform through his membership of the Social Democratic Party (SDP).
According to the campaign, Adamu left the APC after what it described as a controversial governorship primary and joined the SDP to give voters an alternative political platform.
‘Adamu’s defection from the APC, following the charade called a primary election, was a strategic move to a credible and people-oriented platform – the Social Democratic Party (SDP),’ the statement said.
The campaign expressed confidence that Adamu would win the 2027 election, citing his alleged growing support across the state.
It also criticised Bello’s handling of the APC governorship primary, alleging that the exercise had been condemned by party members and stakeholders across the state’s 13 local government areas.
‘The governorship primary he supervised as State Chairman has been widely condemned by party members and stakeholders across the 13 LGAs as lacking transparency, fairness, and internal democracy,’ it alleged.
The organisation accused the APC chairman of resorting to personal attacks against Adamu and urged him to focus on the party’s fortunes.
‘We are therefore calling on Dr Aliyu Bello to stay in his political lane and face his party’s dwindling fortunes,’ Douglas said.
The campaign said Adamu’s agenda remained focused on transparent governance, improved security and development, adding that criticism from political opponents would not affect his decision to contest under the SDP.
It further said ‘no amount of intimidation and media blackmail’ would alter what it described as the resolve of Nasarawa voters ahead of the election.
The organisation warned that further attempts to ‘disparage, defame, or malign’ Adamu would attract a ‘firm, proportionate, and decisive political response.’