Gadaka

This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Gadaka" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (May 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this message) This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. No cleanup reason has been specified. Please help improve this article if you can. (August 2011) (Learn how and when to remove this message) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Gadaka
Town
Gudi Emirate Central Mosque in Gadaka town
Gadaka Location in Nigeria
Coordinates: 11°18′N 11°14′E / 11.300°N 11.233°E / 11.300; 11.233
Country	Nigeria
State	Yobe State
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)

Gadaka is a town in Yobe State, Nigeria, with a population of about 60,000 people. It is located in the southern part of the state, near the boundary with Gombe and Bauchi states. It used to be the capital of the defunct Gadaka Local Government Area, created by Shehu Shagari's administration. It is the largest town in the Fika Local Government Area. Located at about 12 km off the Potiskum-Gombe main road, Gadaka town is about 55 km from the commercial city of Potiskum and 125 km from Gombe, the Gombe State capital.^[1]