From Abel Leonard, Lafia

Former wife of the present National Chairman of the All progressive Congress APC, Hakiyat Fatima Hussain Abdullahi who is the former wife of Senator Abdullahi Adamu, APC has picked the expression of Interest and Nomination form to contest for Governorship position in Nasarawa State.

Picking the form yesterday at the party Secretariat through the national organising secretary, Sulaiman Muhammad Argungu, she said the quest to contest is to alleviate the people of the state from poverty and to ensure that equal representation of women in politics.

With the development, it is therefore important to note that Hajia Fatima is aspiring to contest in the party primaries against the incumbent Governor Abdullahi Sule, who has declared his intention to contest for the second term last week.

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Recall that Hajia Fatima Abdullahi had married Senator Abdullahi Adamu between 1999 to 2003 blessed with a daughter.

Hajiya Fatima who hails from Doma Local Government Area of the state and she is from the Alago ethnic group.

When Daily Sun contacted, stakeholders in APC, none agree to comment on the issue in other to avoid taking sides between the different camps emerging in the state. Or whether her former husband is behind the move.