2015 Yobe State gubernatorial election

Political event August 2026 August 2026 The 2015 Yobe State gubernatorial election in Nigeria was held in February.Election Centre https://nigeriaelections.stearsng.com/governor/2015 nigeriaelections.stearsng.com Candidates Incumbent governor Ibrahim Gaidam was elected deputy governor in April 2007 for the All Progressives Congress (APC), and was sworn in as governor in January 2009 after the death of Governor Mamman Ali. He has a background with the Certified Public Accountants of Nigeria (CPA) and at the time of the election was a Fellow of the Certified National Accountants of Nigeria (FCNA).2015-04-11 Gaidam Battles Waziri https://t.guardian.ng/news/gaidam-battles-waziri/ Lagos, Nigeria 2021-05-02 The Guardian en-US 2 May 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210502174419/https://t.guardian.ng/news/gaidam-battles-waziri/ dead Adamu Waziri ran for the office for the newer People's Democratic Party (PDP). Background Although other people appeared on the ticket, the race was between Gaidam and Ngama.2015: APC, PDP battle for Yobe - Vanguard News https://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/09/2015-apc-pdp-battle-yobe/ Lagos, Nigeria Vanguard Criticisms about the APC and Gaidam came from youth leader Alhaji Ado Bomboy, who said “the present administration has failed to implement the promises it gave the electorate, the inability of the present APC led government in the state to construct modern market, airport, provide accessible potable drinking water, youth empowerment among others as they promised.” Waziri was defeated, receiving only 35% of the vote to Gaidam's 65%. Gaidam won 16 of the 17 local councils.TABLE-Nigerian governorship election results https://news.trust.org/item/20150413132121-8jyww/ news.trust.org 13 March 2021 16 August 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210816205944/https://news.trust.org/item/20150413132121-8jyww/ dead At the time of the election, the APC was in control of 20 Nigerian states, compared to 9 states controlled by the PDP. It would remain this way until the 2019 election, when the ratio became 17 APC states to 14 PDP states. The election was held despite challenges arising in the insurgency of Boko Haram. Yobe, Borno, and Adamawa all faced voting issues related to counting the votes of internally displaced persons.Organising an election in a war zone http://country.eiu.com/article.aspx?articleid=102750794&Country=Nigeria&topic=Politics_1 2021-05-02 country.eiu.com References Category:February 2015 in Nigeria Category:Yobe State gubernatorial elections Category:2015 Nigeria gubernatorial elections