Ibrahim Shawai, the media aide to the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Gombe State, Dr Jamil Gwamna, has said the 2027 governorship election in the state would be decided at polling units and not on social media platforms.
Shawai stated this in a statement issued on Friday while highlighting what he described as Gwamna’s growing engagement with communities across the state ahead of the 2027 governorship election.
According to him, although social media has become an important tool for political communication, online popularity doesn’t necessarily translate into electoral support.
He said, “There is a fundamental truth about politics that the excitement of the social media age sometimes makes us forget: elections are not won by the loudest voices online. They are won by the people who actually go to polling units to cast their votes.
“In 2027, the next governor of Gombe State will not be elected on Facebook, X, Instagram or TikTok. That decision will be made at polling units across the Local Government Areas of Gombe State by the people who live with the consequences of that choice.”
