Geographically, Gombe state is one of the most advantaged states in the northeast subregion of Nigeria. Centrally located, it shares borders with the other five states of Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Taraba and Yobe that formed the region. Carved out of the former Bauchi State by the late General Sani Abacha in 1996, Gombe, has, overtime transformed to become an economically and politically important state in Nigeria. It is, therefore, one of the states, political pundits watch, whenever elections are around the corner.