16 October 2026 5:36 pm WAT
By Sylvanus Viashima, Jalingo
As campaigns gather momentum ahead of the 2027 general elections, the African Democratic Congress ADC has unveiled a 738 man Gubernatorial campaign team chaired by Senator Abubakar Umar Turare.
The Director of Media and Publicity for the campaign Alhaji Saidu Adamu Sadiq disclosed this in a statement issued in Jalingo on Friday.
According to Sadiq, Mamman Munga is to serve as the Director General while a former Member representing Gassol 1 Constituency Hon. Suleiman Abbas will serve as the Secretary of the campaign team.
The team also comprises of Isah Musa, Aishatu Bala and Ahmed Jihad as zonal coordinators for Taraba North, Central and South respectively.
Sadiq said the team is carefully selected to reflect the diversity of the state and ensure that every section of the State is well represented.
“Today, we are happy to unveil the Gubernatorial Campaign Council for our great party, the ADC. As you can see, the team is chaired by our candidate himself while Mamman Munga, an erudite and grassroots politician is to serve as Director General.
“If you look at the team carefully, you will see that all sections of the State are fully represented. You have almost all the ethnic groups in the State on the team, women and youth are well represented and every other interest. This is deliberate because this is the winning team and it must set the pace for unity.
“In ADC, we are for issue based and peaceful campaign. Let me use this opportunity to urge all players to play by the rules and allow the good people of Taraba State to make their choice of who leads them come 2027” Sadiq said.
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