Yuguda had, as
then outgoing governor of Bauchi in 2015, contested the seat under the platform of Peoples» Democratic Party but was defeated with a wide margin by the then candidate of All Progressives Congress, (APC), Ali Wakili, now late.
While in Puerto Rico, Cuomo also met briefly with his predecessor,
then -
outgoing Gov. David Paterson, who had attended every Somos since inheriting the
governor's office from former Gov. Eliot Spitzer — and even a few before that, when he was a senator and / or minority leader.