INEC has declared the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP governorship candidate, Abba Kabir Yusuf winner of the last Saturday election in Kano State.
By Emma Ogbuehi
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP governorship candidate, Abba Kabir Yusuf winner of the last Saturday election in Kano State.
Yusuf defeated his close rival, the All Progressive Congress, APC candidate, Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna with a margin of over 100,000 votes.
The INEC Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Ahmad Doko Ibrahim declared the results at the Kano Collation Centre, INEC headquarters in Kano.
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The candidate of the NNPP in the Saturday, February 25 presidential election, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, is from Kano State. He was governor of the state and handed over to Abdullahi Ganduje, the current governor.
Even out of office, analysts maintain that Kwankwaso’s image looms large in Kano politics. Yusuf’s election confirms the overwhelming influence of the former governor in the state, particularly in beating Gawuna, the candidate of the ruling party in the state.
Abba Kabir Yusuf is the son-in-law of Kwankwaso. He served in the Executive Council of Kano State from 2011 to 2015.
Abba was born in Gaya local government area of Kano State, Nigeria. He went to Sumaila primary school and later to Government Secondary school Lautai, Gumel Local Government Area (now Jigawa State). Later on, he got admitted into Federal Polytechnic, Mubi, where he obtained his national diploma in civil engineering in 1985.
He later obtained a higher national diploma in civil engineering, and certificate and specialization on water resources/environmental engineering in 1989 from Kaduna Polytechnic, he did his National Youth Service Corps at Kaduna Environmental Protection Agency from 1989 to 1990. He is also a holder of postgraduate diploma in management, and obtained master’s degree in business administration from Bayero University Kano.
Abba was the former Commissioner of Ministry of Works, Housing and Transport (Kano State). He contested in the 2019 gubernatorial election and lost to Ganduje.
Abba took the case to court to claim himself as the rightful elected governor but the court dismissed the case.
