Advocates of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Walewale have actually implicated authorities of the North East Regional Coordinating Directorate of intentionally discouraging events following the election of previous Walewale parliamentary prospect, Abubakari Abdallah, as the celebration’s Regional Secretary.
The fans declare that electrical energy supply to Walewale was intentionally detached soon after the celebration’s local executive elections on Saturday, November 14, 2026, to avoid them from commemorating Mr Abdallah’s triumph.
Power went off in the municipality a couple of minutes after the election outcomes were stated, with Mr Abdallah and a number of other prospects emerging triumphant.
JoyNews checks validated that the failure impacted Walewale, while electrical power supply in other parts of the area stayed continuous.
Power was consequently brought back to the municipality at about 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, November 15.
The event has actually activated mad responses amongst Mr Abdallah’s advocates, much of whom have actually required to social networks to condemn what they refer to as an effort to weaken the previous parliamentary prospect.
Some have actually implicated authorities of the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo) of enabling the electrical power circulation network to be drawn into what they think about a political vendetta versus Mr Abdallah, who has actually objected to the Walewale parliamentary seat 3 times.
One advocate straight implicated the North East Regional Minister, Ibrahim Tia, of lagging the supposed blackout, although no proof was supplied to validate the claim.
There is no independent proof to develop that the blackout was politically encouraged or that any federal government authorities or NEDCo workers intentionally detached electrical energy to irritate the events.
Numerous efforts by JoyNews to reach NEDCo authorities in Walewale for remarks were not successful. Rauf Tanko keeps local chairmanship in the middle of incentive accusations
Incumbent NDC North East Regional Chairman, Abdul Rauf Tanko Ibrahim, has actually kept his position after protecting 146 votes.
His re-election has, nevertheless, drew in attention following his admission throughout an interview with reporters that he dispersed motorcycles and other kinds of assistance to delegates ahead of the elections.
Reacting to concerns about accusations of vote-buying, Mr Tanko acknowledged dispersing motorcycles however safeguarded the gesture as part of his duties as the incumbent local chairman.
“It is not only motorbikes that were given to delegates,” he informed reporters.
“Don’t forget that I am the incumbent Regional Chairman. Before winning this election, it was my duty to finance or fund the party’s activities in the region. So, I don’t think it is misplaced for me to buy motorbikes for executives to enable them to carry out party activities across the region,” he included.
Complete list of chosen NDC North East Regional Executives
The November 14 elections produced the following winners:
Regional Chairman
Abdul Rauf Tanko Ibrahim– 146 votes
Regional Vice Chairman
John Bibirim– 100 votes
Regional Secretary
Abdallah Abubakari– 114 votes
Deputy Regional Secretary
Thomas B. Jayen– 95 votes
Regional Organiser
Godfred Mayeem– 124 votes
Deputy Regional Organiser
Mohammed Akunloya– 97 votes
Regional Treasurer
Ibrahim Rasheed– 94 votes
Deputy Regional Treasurer
Nurudini Abdul-Rahaman– 136 votes
Regional Communications Officer
A. Abdul Gafaru Mohammed– 108 votes
Deputy Regional Communications Officer
Hamza Iddrisu Salifu– 70 votes
Regional Women’s Organiser
Sumaya Ligbi Salifu
Deputy Regional Women’s Organiser
Asana Yidana
Regional Youth Organiser
Fatawu Karandey Amidu
Deputy Regional Youth Organisers
Kamil Dabri Ibrahim
Yussif Sulemana Saeed
Zongo Caucus Coordinator
Tahiru Rafiu– 80 votes
An overall of 231 delegates took part in the local elections held at the Nalerigu Senior High School. More than 200 policemans were released to the election premises to preserve security.
The officers got here unarmed, with the cops leader describing that the plan was planned to guarantee a tranquil and neutral electoral procedure. He stated armed workers stayed on standby to react to any scenario.
The elections form part of the NDC’s internal reorganisation ahead of the celebration’s nationwide executive elections arranged for December 19, 2026.
Abuba’s success comes versus the background of stress with Regional Minister
Mr Abdallah’s election as Regional Secretary comes versus the background of an extended political argument in between his fans and North East Regional Minister Ibrahim Tia, mainly centred on impact within the NDC and access to federal government consultations.
The stress ended up being significantly public in November 2025 when fans of Mr Abdallah implicated the Regional Minister, the Regional Chairman and other celebration executives of intentionally annoying the previous parliamentary prospect’s efforts to protect a federal government consultation.
The aggrieved advocates likewise grumbled that a number of grassroots activists who worked for the celebration throughout the 2024 basic elections had actually been neglected in federal government consultations, while people they thought about less active in the celebration had actually been rewarded with prominent positions.
Some additional implicated local celebration executives of distributing destructive reports about Mr Abdallah and his partners, consisting of claims that a few of them participated in skirt-and-blouse ballot throughout the 2024 elections.
Mr Tia turned down the claims, firmly insisting that neither he nor the local executives had actually intentionally worked versus the previous parliamentary prospect.
In an interview with JoyNews on November 19, 2025, the Regional Minister argued that objecting to parliamentary elections or supporting the NDC did not instantly entitle anybody to a federal government consultation.
“He is not the only one who contested and hasn’t been appointed,” Mr Tia stated, mentioning other previous parliamentary prospects in the area who had actually likewise not gotten federal government positions.
He likewise rejected claims that local executives had actually sent reports to reject Mr Abdallah, describing that the celebration acquired details about constituency activities through numerous channels, consisting of national-level celebration authorities.
The difference consequently spilled into the celebration’s grassroots structures in Walewale, with aggrieved fans threatening to boycott celebration activities over what they referred to as the marginalisation of faithful members.
On December 7, 2025, local executives, consisting of Mr Tia and Regional Chairman Rauf Tanko, held an emergency situation conference with aggrieved celebration members in Walewale.
The conference followed weeks of agitation over federal government consultations and accusations that prominent local figures were sidelining Mr Abdallah and his advocates.
A joint committee making up local executives and constituency agents was developed to analyze the problems and advise steps to deal with the departments.
Mr Abdallah’s triumph in the November 14, 2026 elections is for that reason politically considerable, especially versus the background of completing interests within the celebration in the constituency.
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