In 16 states all serving APC governors seeking re-election emerged unopposed including Abba Kabir Yusuf (Kano) Uba Sani (Kaduna) Dauda Lawal (Zamfara) Nasir Idris (Kebbi) Ahmad Aliyu Sokoto (Sokoto) Agbu Kefas (Taraba) Sheriff Oborevwori (Delta) Umo Eno (Akwa Ibom) Bassey Otu (Cross River) Peter Nwifuru (Ebonyi) Caleb Mutfwang (Plateau) Mohammed Bago (Niger) Dikko Radda (Katsina) Umar Namadi (Jigawa) Hyacinth Alia (Benue) and Peter Mba (Enugu)...
The current governor Dauda Lawal of the opposition People's Democratic Party has accused Matawalle of fuelling violence through an amnesty programme that encouraged bandits to surrender weapons in exchange for cash and vehicles...
They are Seyi Makinde of Oyo State; Dauda Lawal of Zamfara; and Bauchi State Bala Mohammed who is the chairman of the PDP Governors Forum...
In 2023 Dauda Lawal of the opposition People's Democratic Party won the Zamfara governorship defeating Bello Matawalle of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who had presided over a near-total breakdown of security in the state...
ZAMFARA STATE (north-west) Governor Dauda Lawal of the PDP is up for re-election in 2027 and is one of the few governors that is consistently loyal to the opposition party...
In neighbouring Zamfara which has been plagued by attacks from Islamist insurgents and criminal gangs APC Governor Bello Matawalle had lost to Dauda Lawal the PDP candidate...
