Thirteen political parties in Gombe state have adopted Gov. Ibrahim Dankwambo as their Senatorial candidate in the rescheduled Presidential and National Assembly Elections that will hold on Saturday.
Danwambo is vying under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a senatorial candidate representing Gombe North Senatorial District.
Malam Auwal Ibrahim, spokesman of the political parties, announced the adoption of Dankwanbo at a news briefing in Gombe on Wednesday.
They called on their supporters to vote for Dankwambo as the senator representing Gombe Central Senatorial District.
He listed the political parties to include All Grassroots Alliance (AGA), Alliance for Social Democratic (ASD), Change Advocacy Party (CAP), Democratic People’s Congress (DPC), Restoration Party of Nigeria (RPN), Mega Party of Nigeria (MPN) Accord Party (AP).
Others are Advance of Democracy (AD), Better Nigeria Progressive Party (BNPP), Democratic Peoples Party (DPP), Hope Democratic Party (HDP), People Progressives Party (PPP) and Advance People’s Democratic Party (APDA).
“We the 13 political parties have adopted Gov. Ibrahim Dankwambo, PDP Senatorial candidate representing Gombe North Senatorial District as our senatorial candidate.
“From today, all supporters of these political parties are going to cast their votes to PDP senatorial candidate of the PDP,” he said.
According to him, Dankwambo has done well for the people in the state, hence the need to give him the chance to represent them at the senate.
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gombe North Senatorial District comprises Gombe, Kwami, Funakaye, Dukku and Nafada Local Government Areas (NAN)