2023 Kano State gubernatorial election

2023 Kano State gubernatorial election
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Opinion polls
Registered5,921,370
 
NNPP
PDP
Nominee Nasir Yusuf Gawuna Abba Kabir Yusuf Sadiq Wali
Party APC New Nigeria Peoples Party PDP
Running mate Murtala Sule Garo Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo Yusuf Bello Dambatta
Governor before election

Abdullahi Umar Ganduje
APC

Elected Governor

Abba Kabir Yusuf
New Nigeria Peoples Party

The 2023 Kano State gubernatorial election took place on 18 March 2023, to elect the Governor of Kano State, concurrent with elections to the Kano State House of Assembly as well as twenty-seven other gubernatorial elections and elections to all other state houses of assembly.[1][2] The election—which was postponed from its original 11 March date—was held three weeks after the presidential election and National Assembly elections.[3][4] Incumbent APC Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje is term-limited and cannot seek re-election to a third term. Abba Kabir Yusuf of New Nigerian People won the election.

Party primaries were scheduled for between 4 April and 9 June 2022 with the All Progressives Congress nominating Deputy Governor Nasir Yusuf Gawuna on 26 May while the New Nigeria Peoples Party nominated former commissioner Abba Kabir Yusuf on 6 June.[5] For the Peoples Democratic Party, two separate parallel primaries were held on 25 May with one primary nominating Mohammed Abacha—the son and bagman of former military dictator Sani Abacha—while the other primary picked former commissioner Sadiq Wali;[6][7][8] about a month after the primaries, INEC recognized Abacha as the legitimate nominee but switched recognition to Wali by July.[9][10] Recognition returned to Abacha in December due to the ruling of a Federal High Court, but returned to Wali due to a Court of Appeal judgment in February 2023.[11][12]

  1. ^ Oyekanmi, Rotimi (26 February 2022). "It's Official: 2023 Presidential, National Assembly Elections to Hold Feb 25". INEC News. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  2. ^ Jimoh, Abbas (26 February 2022). "INEC Sets New Dates For 2023 General Elections". Daily Trust. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  3. ^ Suleiman, Qosim (9 March 2023). "It's Official: INEC postpones Saturday's governorship, state assembly elections". Premium Times. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Zaben 2023: INEC ta ɗage zaɓen gwamnoni da 'yan majalisun jihohi da mako ɗaya". BBC News Hausa (in Hausa). 2023-03-08. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
  5. ^ Mgboh, Desmond (27 May 2022). "Kano Deputy Gov, Gawuna Wins APC Governorship Primary Election". The Sun. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  6. ^ Bukar, Muhammad (26 May 2022). "Muhammad Abacha emerges winner of Kano PDP Parallel guber primary". Daily Post. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  7. ^ Muntari, Tukur (26 May 2022). "Sadiq Wali emerges Kano PDP factional gov candidate". The Punch. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  8. ^ Ibrahim, Salim Umar (26 May 2022). "Kano PDP Crisis Worsens As Sons Of Abacha, Aminu Wali Declared Winners Of Guber Primaries". Daily Trust. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  9. ^ Bukar, Muhammad (30 June 2022). "Kano guber: INEC declares PDP primary that produced Muhammad Abacha as authentic". Daily Post. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  10. ^ Bukar, Muhammad (30 June 2022). "Kano guber: INEC declares PDP primary that produced Muhammad Abacha as authentic". Daily Post. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  11. ^ Odogwu, Ted (22 December 2022). "Kano court affirms Mohammed Abacha PDP gov candidate". The Punch. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  12. ^ Odogwu, Ted (10 February 2023). "A'Court sacks Abacha, upholds Wali as gov candidate". The Punch. Retrieved 11 February 2023.