Nigeria, May 4 -- A rift has opened in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Gombe State as former Minister of Communications, Isa Pantami, rejected the adoption of Jamilu Gwamna as the party's consensus governorship candidate for the 2027 election.

Mr Gwamna's adoption was announced on Sunday following an enlarged stakeholders' meeting presided over by Governor Muhammadu Yahaya.

However, in a statement issued Sunday evening, Mr Pantami distanced himself from the process, describing it as a "coronation" rather than a legitimate consensus.

"While Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami. was in Abuja today evening, we heard about the emergence of a coronation which is called a 'consensus' for all the elective positions in Gombe State," the st...