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Iya Umar is the African Democratic Congress (ADC) candidate for Adamawa North Senatorial District in the Senate election of 16 January 2027 (INEC final list, 12 September 2026). INEC lists him as a 49-year-old man. Local reporting names the ADC's Adamawa North candidate as Umar Iya Sanda, known as Katukan Gulak. TG News reported on 23 May 2026 that he won the party's senatorial primary with "over 37,000 votes", defeating other…
Iya Umar is the African Democratic Congress (ADC) candidate for Adamawa North Senatorial District in the Senate election of 16 January 2027 (INEC final list, 12 September 2026). INEC lists him as a 49-year-old man. Local reporting names the ADC's Adamawa North candidate as Umar Iya Sanda, known as Katukan Gulak. TG News reported on 23 May 2026 that he won the party's senatorial primary with "over 37,000 votes", defeating other aspirants. The exact primary day, the full vote count and the other aspirants were not published. Before that he was in the All Progressives Congress (APC). A May 2025 TG News profile described him as a founding member of the APC in Adamawa and an international businessman. TG News reported on 3 May 2026 that he had resigned from the APC through his ward, citing personal conviction. In December 2022 The Guardian reported that an Umar Sanda Iya was sworn in as Deputy National President of the Chartered Institute of Transport Administration (CIoTA), and the 2025 profile names him in that role. Apart from the INEC list, these details come from local and trade reporting and are not confirmed by official sources.
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Chartered Institute of Transport Administration (CIoTA)
Sworn in as Deputy National President of CIoTA with the institute's new executive in Abuja after its election of 26 November 2022 (The Guardian, 5 December 2022); a TG News profile of 20 May 2025 still described him in that role. End date not found.
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constituency: Adamawa North Senatorial District · INEC final list of candidates (Senate), published 2026-09-12 — SN 3, p.5; INEC name: IYA UMAR; age 49; male; qualification (as declared to INEC): PRIMARY SCHOOL CERTIFICATE NECO PROFESSIONAL DIPLOMA, INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMA AND PROFESSIONAL ADVANCED DIPLOMA · Primary: ADC Adamawa North senatorial primary, reported by TG News on 23…
constituency: Adamawa North Senatorial District · INEC final list of candidates (Senate), published 2026-09-12 — SN 3, p.5; INEC name: IYA UMAR; age 49; male; qualification (as declared to INEC): PRIMARY SCHOOL CERTIFICATE NECO PROFESSIONAL DIPLOMA, INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMA AND PROFESSIONAL ADVANCED DIPLOMA · Primary: ADC Adamawa North senatorial primary, reported by TG News on 23 May 2026 (exact day not given): the winner, named there as Mallam Umar Iya Sanda ('Katukan Gulak'), 'polled over 37,000 votes', defeating other aspirants (not named). Exact count not published.
African Democratic Congress candidate for Adamawa North on INEC's final list (12 September 2026); joined between his reported APC exit (3 May 2026) and the ADC primary (reported 23 May 2026); exact day not found
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Described in 2025 as a founding member of the APC in Adamawa (joining day not found). TG News reported on 3 May 2026 that he had resigned from the APC through his ward 'with immediate effect', citing personal conviction; the letter's own date is not given, so the end date is the day of the report.
Declared to INEC (2027 final list): Primary School Certificate, NECO, and a professional diploma, an international diploma and a professional advanced diploma; awarding bodies and years not published.
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