Reported by: Ijeoma G | Edited by: Oravbiere Osayomore Promise.
The opposition African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Gombe State has suffered another high-profile exit as its Publicity Secretary, Abdulrahman Buba Zaune, resigned from the party on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, fuelling intense speculation that he is set to defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Zaune conveyed his decision in a resignation letter dated August 5, 2026, addressed to the ADC Ward Chairman in Dukku Local Government Area, expressing gratitude for the opportunity to serve but giving no reason for his departure. The timing of his exit has triggered political ripples, coming barely 24 hours after the APC governorship candidate, Jamilu Isiyaka Gwamna, visited Zaune's home LGA of Dukku.
His resignation follows the recent defection of the ADC State Secretary, Ahmed Gana, who left the party weeks earlier and joined the APC in support of Gwamna's governorship bid. The successive exits have raised serious questions about the ADC's internal cohesion in Gombe State as political realignments intensify ahead of the 2027 governorship election. While Zaune did not disclose his next political destination in his resignation letter, the pattern of exits and Gwamna's strategic visit to his constituency strongly suggest a coordinated push by the APC to weaken the opposition's ranks.
Zaune's resignation comes as the ADC in Gombe continues to lose key figures, with the State Secretary having already jumped ship weeks earlier. The defections point to a calculated strategy by the APC to systematically dismantle the opposition's structure in the state ahead of the 2027 election, with Gwamna personally leading the charge. Neither Zaune nor the APC had officially confirmed any planned defection as of the time of filing this report, but political observers in Gombe are already reading the writing on the wall.
The ADC, which had been positioning itself as a formidable opposition force in Gombe, now faces an uncertain future as its leadership ranks continue to thin. With Gwamna's APC steadily poaching opposition figures, the question is no longer whether more defections will occur, but how long the ADC can survive before its structure completely unravels. The coming weeks will reveal whether Zaune confirms the widespread speculation of his move to the APC, and whether other ADC members will follow suit in what is shaping up to be a decisive political realignment in Gombe State.
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