Former Police Chief Mohammed Adamu Accuses APC Leadership of Manipulating Nasarawa Primary Plot

Former IGP Mohammed Adamu Abubakar accuses Nasarawa APC of manipulating ward executives to hijack the gubernatorial primary process for a preferred aspirant.

By: AXL Media

Published: Apr 28, 2026, 5:59 AM EDT

Source: Information for this report was sourced from Naija News

Allegations of Systematic Primary Sabotage

Mohammed Adamu Abubakar, a former Inspector General of Police and current gubernatorial aspirant, has leveled serious accusations against the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nasarawa State. According to his campaign’s mobilization chairman, Isah Nathaniel, there is an active and coordinated attempt to sabotage the party’s internal democratic processes. The allegations suggest that high-ranking interests are working to manipulate ward executives across all 147 wards to force a specific endorsement before the primary elections even begin.

Manipulation Disguised as Party Coordination

The campaign team described the current developments as political manipulation in its crudest form, rejecting the party's claims of routine organizational coordination. Abubakar stated that the move is a brazen attempt to hijack the collective will of party members in order to impose a predetermined outcome on the state. This critique directly challenges the legitimacy of the current leadership's oversight, suggesting that the spirit of fair competition is being systematically dismantled from within.

Conflict Over Direct Primary Agreements

The timing of these allegations is particularly sensitive, occurring just hours after the APC State Chairman, Aliyu Bello, publicly pledged to provide a level playing field for all contestants. Abubakar’s camp argues that this promise is contradicted by clandestine efforts to influence ward-level officials. This tension is further complicated by a prior agreement among stakeholders to adopt a direct primary system, a format that is supposed to empower general members rather than a small circle of executives.