Zamfara ADC Crisis: INEC confirms Shinkafi as governorship candidate

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has confirmed Bilyaminu Aliyu Shinkafi arsenic the governorship campaigner of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, successful Zamfara State up of the 2027 wide elections.

Shinkafi’s sanction appeared connected the last database of candidates displayed astatine the INEC authorities bureau successful Gusau, the authorities capital, on Saturday.

The improvement appears to person resolved the interior quality that had affected the ADC’s governorship summons successful the state.

The situation began aft the authorities president of the party, Surajo Garba Gusau, announced Ibrahim Salisu Mafara arsenic the party’s governorship candidate.

With Shinkafi’s confirmation by INEC, helium is present acceptable to contention the 2027 governorship predetermination connected the ADC level against Governor Dauda Lawal of the APC and candidates of different governmental parties.

Speaking successful a telephone interview, Shinkafi commended INEC for what helium described arsenic upholding owed process and the regularisation of law.

He called connected ADC members and different stakeholders successful Zamfara to enactment speech their differences and enactment unneurotic t...