How I Was Denied Entrance To Government House—Nasarawa Lawmaker

Rabiu Omaku

Honourable Mohammed Omadefu, a member representing the entire Keana constituency in the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, who also doubles as majority leader in the hallowed chamber of the State’s House of Assembly, has revealed the revelations that led to his denial of the APC ticket in the party’s recent primaries held in May 2026.

The Majority leader, who had earlier announced his defection to the Social Democratic Party (SDP), on Monday, 13th 2026, during a plenary session at the Assembly complex, said that his decision to dump the APC was as a result of the ill-treatment meted out to him during the party’s primaries conducted recently, where he was declared the winner and his mandate was turned down.

The former majority leader, who addressed journalists in his house in Lafia, the State capital, narrated that the primaries were conducted by APC officials, where he polled 7,868 votes against his opponent, who got 2,000 votes, but he was denied the ticket.

Mohammed Omadefu lamented that he was denied entrance to the Government House because the All Progressive Congress APC led by Aliyu Bello was not ready to give him an APC ticket.

According to the majority leader, the election was done in the presence of all the APC stakeholders and party officials, and the election was conducted, and I came out victorious. Coming to Lafia to submit the results at the collation center, that was where, because of interest, I, the sitting member, was denied access to the Government House.

I was stopped at the gate, and later they told me, “Sorry, another person’s name has been declared. We came prepared for the primary election of the party, and I saw the signal from afar; I saw it from all angles, that they were not really ready to align with me.

“And I have been loyal, right from the time. Very patriotic, and I have been serving the party and the Government, the ruling party and the Government. And I’m doing that because I’m a true son of my father,” he said.

He also recalled that the Governor once told him that his stakeholders were not supporting him to continue on his mandate come 2027.

The former majority leader appealed to Nasarawa State citizens to vote for the SDP, adding that the party was coming to salvage the state.