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Kano 2027: INEC drops NDC governorship candidate, Gwarzo from final list

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October 10, 2026

Kano 2027: INEC drops NDC governorship candidate, Gwarzo from final list

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has excluded the New Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, governorship candidate in Kano State, Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo, from its final list of candidates for the 2027 governorship election.

Gwarzo’s name was missing from the list released by the commission, which features 17 candidates from different political parties.

MEDIA TODAY reports that the All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and African Democratic Congress (ADC) are among the parties represented on the list.

The candidates listed by INEC include Gashash Mukhtar of Party A; Haruna Abdullahi of the Action Alliance (AA); Sharif Abba of the African Action Congress (AAC); Ibrahim Ali Amin of the African Democratic Congress (ADC); and Muhammad Abdullahi of the Action Democratic Party (ADP).

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Others are Yusuf Abba Kabir of the All Progressives Congress (APC); Tijjani Sukairaju Tijjani of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA); Muhammad Bashir Galadanchi of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM); Tukur Aliyu Malam of the Action Peoples Party (APP); and Ahmad Furera of the Boot Party (BP).

The list also includes Bari Mustapha Bello of the Democratic Leadership Alliance (DLA); Santuraki Hamisu of the Labour Party (LP); Abdullahi Mustapha of the National Democratic Party (NDP); Abacha Muhammed Sani of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP); Koguna Nasiru Hassan of the People’s Redemption Party (PRP); Hussaini Bello Ado of the Social Democratic Party (SDP); and Nuhu Isa of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP).