Nigeria, June 2 -- Former Adamawa North senator Ishaku Abbo has emerged as the Labour Party's governorship candidate in Adamawa State, days after PREMIUM TIMES published reports exposing how he repeatedly aided his wife to serially breach restricted airside security protocols at Yola Airport.

Mr Abbo was affirmed as the party's candidate during a primary election and candidate affirmation exercise held in Yola on Sunday, launching his campaign under a cloud of intense regulatory and public scrutiny.

The political development unfolds amid a widening national controversy, following PREMIUM TIMES reports showing Patience Abbo, the former senator's wife, accessing a restricted airside area on at least two separate occasions while accompanyi...