Abba Kabir Yusuf

In 16 states all serving APC governors seeking re-election emerged unopposed including Abba Kabir Yusuf (Kano) Uba Sani (Kaduna) Dauda Lawal (Zamfara) Nasir Idris (Kebbi) Ahmad Aliyu Sokoto (Sokoto) Agbu Kefas (Taraba) Sheriff Oborevwori (Delta) Umo Eno (Akwa Ibom) Bassey Otu (Cross River) Peter Nwifuru (Ebonyi) Caleb Mutfwang (Plateau) Mohammed Bago (Niger) Dikko Radda (Katsina) Umar Namadi (Jigawa) Hyacinth Alia (Benue) and Peter Mba (Enugu)...

The election will also be a battle between Kwankwaso and his estranged protégé Governor Abba Yusuf who rode to power on Kwankwaso's coattails in 2023...

Instead Tinubu has convinced Kwankwaso's protégé Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State to defect to the APC leaving Kwankwaso out in the cold...

Rabiu Kwankwaso a former governor and godfather to current Governor Abba Yusuf attracts a cult following...

KANO STATE (north-west) Governor Abba Yusuf is seeking a second term in 2027 on the ticket of the New Nigeria Peoples Party...

In the 2023 election Kwankwaso made a comeback in Kano politics by ensuring the victory of his protégé and son-in-law Abba Kabir Yusuf as governor of the state...

Kano Governor Abba Yusuf said rising food prices were caused by traders hoarding foodstuffs...

Of national interest is Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano politically the most important state in Nigeria as well as Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang who had been sacked by the Court of Appeal...

In Kano the state with the most registered voters in the country the APC's Nasir Gawuna lost to Abba Kabir Yusuf of the New Nigeria People's Party (NNPP)...