Borno APC Adopts Engr. Mustafa Gubio as Consensus Governorship Candidate for 2027

Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, on Thursday formally presented Engr. Mustafa Gubio as the APC consensus governorship candidate to Vice President Senator Kashim Shettima at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Governor Zulum described Gubio’s emergence as the product of wide-ranging consultations among party stakeholders across the state, reflecting a strong unified position within the Borno APC.

“We commend President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his strategic leadership, unwavering support, and guidance to both the Borno State Government and the APC,” Zulum said.

He added: “I wish to express my profound gratitude to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the leadership he is providing in the country and for the enormous support to Borno State as well as the APC, which has been unprecedented. The President has been instrumental in the emergence of Gubio as the consensus candidate.”

Dignitaries in attendance included:

Former Governor Senator Ali Modu Sheriff (represented by Senator Maina Ma’aji Lawan)

Deputy Governor Hon. Umar Usman Kadafur

APC Deputy National Chairman, Hon. Ali Bukar Dalori

Senators Mohammed Tahir Monguno, Mohammed Ali Ndume, and Kaka Shehu Lawan SAN

Speaker, Borno State House of Assembly, Hon. Abdulkarim Lawan

Hon. Abdulkadir Rahis and Hon. Mukhtar Betara Aliyu.Full Details. .