Amina Halake, wife of former presidential aspirant Abduba Dida, has announced her intention to contest the 2027 general election. She will run on the Alliance for Change party ticket, formerly led by her husband, after recently taking over as party leader.

• Amina Halake was previously the secretary general of the Alliance for Change party.
• Her husband, Abduba Dida, used the Alliance for Change party for his 2013 and 2017 presidential bids.
• Abduba Dida recently served three years of a seven-year sentence in a US prison for stalking his American wife.