As Gombe Prepares for the 2023 Elections
*As Gombe Prepares for 2023 Elections* By Kabiru Danladi Lawanti, Ph.D The political stage for the race to Gombe government house is set, as the incumbent, His Excellency, Alhaji Inuwa Yahaya, battles two prominent candidates in the People’s Democratic Party, Alhaji Muhammed Jibrin popularly known as Dan Barde and the New Nigerian Political Party candidate, Alhaji KHamisu Ahmed Mailantarki. For anyone conversant with Gombe politics, they know that the political environment is tricky, with divergent political culture. From the “pade roba” politics of 2003, which scuttled Abubakar Hashidu’s second term ambition, to the Dankwambo’s phenomenon that led PDP to victory in 2015, despite the Buhari tsunami which swept PDP in many states and the coming of Alhaji Inuwa Yahaya in the political scene in 2019, Gombe politics remains as unpredictable as the recent weather. Unlike what happened in 2019, Gombe state is going into the presidential elections on Saturday, 25th February with its pol...