YPP names ex-APC secretary Dalatu as Adamawa guber candidate

The Young Progressives Party (YPP) has affirmed a former secretary of the Adamawa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Wafarninyi Theman Dalatu, as its governorship candidate in the state.

The YPP affirmed Dalatu in Yola on Friday through a physical, person-to-person count of accredited party members from the 21 local government areas, who lined up to recognise him as the sole governorship aspirant at the Bridgewood Hotel in Jimeta.

The YPP National Secretary, Vidiyeno Bamaiyi, who led other national officers of the party to supervise the exercise, declared Dalatu as the affirmed governorship candidate of the party in Adamawa State, charging him to strengthen the party and ensure the success of its candidates in the different elections in 2027.

In his acceptance speech, Wafarninyi Dalatu said he nurtures the dream of reversing Adamawa State’s poverty index and ensuring prosperity for all through broad economic transformation.

Dalatu is a trained pharmacist who served as Adamawa State secretary of the APC between 2019 and 2023 and participated in the 2023 governorship primary of the APC.

Earlier, between 2011 and 2015, he served in the State House of Assembly as a member representing Hong State Constituency.