2027 · GubernatorialSDP
Nathaniel Christopher Osim & Rufai Ahmad
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Rufai Ahmad
2027 governorship running mate
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Rufai Ahmad (the press names her Dr Fauziyah Ahmed Rufai) is the Social Democratic Party (SDP) deputy governorship candidate in Adamawa State, running mate to Nathaniel Christopher Osim, for the election of 6 February 2027 (INEC final list, 10 October 2026). INEC lists her as a 41-year-old woman who declared the First School Leaving Certificate, the Senior School Certificate, a BSc, an MSc and a PhD. The SDP unveiled her as…
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Rufai Ahmad (the press names her Dr Fauziyah Ahmed Rufai) is the Social Democratic Party (SDP) deputy governorship candidate in Adamawa State, running mate to Nathaniel Christopher Osim, for the election of 6 February 2027 (INEC final list, 10 October 2026). INEC lists her as a 41-year-old woman who declared the First School Leaving Certificate, the Senior School Certificate, a BSc, an MSc and a PhD. The SDP unveiled her as its running mate in Yola on 6 October 2026; the party's account describes her as a petroleum geologist, university lecturer and researcher. Her institution, publications and any earlier public office were not found in public sources as of October 2026.
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2027 Deputy-governorship election
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INEC final list of candidates (Governorship, Adamawa State), published 2026-10-10 — SN 16; INEC name: RUFAI AHMAD; age 41; female; qualification (as declared to INEC): FSLC SSCE BSC, MSC, PHD; governorship candidate: Nathaniel Christopher Osim · Named as running mate: unveiled as the SDP's deputy governorship candidate in Yola on Tuesday 2026-10-06 by governorship candidate…
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INEC final list of candidates (Governorship, Adamawa State), published 2026-10-10 — SN 16; INEC name: RUFAI AHMAD; age 41; female; qualification (as declared to INEC): FSLC SSCE BSC, MSC, PHD; governorship candidate: Nathaniel Christopher Osim · Named as running mate: unveiled as the SDP's deputy governorship candidate in Yola on Tuesday 2026-10-06 by governorship candidate Christopher Nathaniel (INEC: Nathaniel Christopher Osim), at the SDP stakeholders' consultative meeting (Blueprint, Daily Post, Tribune, Daily Trust, 7-8 Oct 2026). The press names her Dr Fauziyah Ahmed Rufai; INEC's final list prints RUFAI AHMAD.
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Declared to INEC (2027 governorship final list, Adamawa State): First School Leaving Certificate, SSCE, BSc, MSc and PhD; institutions and years not published.
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Lecturer and researcher; petroleum geologist
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Described as a petroleum geologist, university lecturer and researcher in the Tribune report of the SDP running-mate unveiling (7 Oct 2026). Employer, rank and years not found.
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Social Democratic Party (SDP) deputy governorship candidate in Adamawa State on INEC's final list (10 October 2026); date joined not found
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