Tuesday, October 27, 2026

2023: Abacha’s son Muhammad wins Kano PDP governorship Primary

Muhammad Abacha, son of Nigeria’s former military dictator Sani Abacha, has emerged as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

• May 26, 2022
Muhammad Abacha
Muhammad Abacha

Muhammad Abacha, son of Nigeria’s former military dictator Sani Abacha, has emerged as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 general election in Kano.

Mr Abacha polled 736 votes to defeat his closest rival, Jafar Sani-Bello, who scored 710 votes in the primary election on Wednesday.

Announcing the results, the returning officer, Amina Garba, declared Mr Abacha as the winner of the primary.

The chairman of the electoral committee, Mohammed Jamu, said the primary was legally conducted with validly-elected delegates and supervised by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, police and the State Security Service.

(NAN)

We have recently deactivated our website's comment provider in favour of other channels of distribution and commentary. We encourage you to join the conversation on our stories via our Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages.

More from Peoples Gazette

Nigerian Bar Association

States

Independence: NBA urges Nigerians to expect better future

The NBA said that ordinary Nigerians should be deriving benefit from the subsidy removal rather than hardship.

farmers

Agriculture

FG tasks ECOWAS on leveraging financing strategies for agroecology

The federal government has urged stakeholders in the agriculture and finance sectors in the West Africa region to leverage financing strategies to enhance agroecology practices

Katsina State

Politics

Katsina youths pledge to deliver over 2 million votes to Atiku

“Katsina State is Atiku’s political base because it is his second home.”

Sleeping President Bola Tinubu

Economy

Tinubu, APC should be responsible; PDP not cause of hardship in Nigeria: Spokesman

The Peoples Democratic Party on Monday says it is not responsible for hunger in Nigeria, advising the ruling All Progressives Congress to stop the blame game.

Ahmad Lawan

Politics

Court reserves judgement in suit seeking to void Ahmad Lawan’s senatorial ticket

Justice Salim Ibrahim said the judgement date would be communicated to parties 24 hours before delivery.

Soldiers fighting terrorists

States

Nigerian soldiers kill eight terrorists, rescue three hostages

Troops killed eight suspected terrorists and rescued three kidnap victims in coordinated operations in Katsina, Kaduna and Zamfara.

Health

Hospital unveils emergency care pack for patients in Anambra 

COOUTH has introduced an Emergency Care Pack to support prompt initial care for patients brought in during emergencies.

Moniepoint CEO

Economy

Moniepoint restructures engineering, product functions

Moniepoint, a financial technology company, says its restructuring of engineering and product functions will make some existing roles redundant while creating new positions.

Harry Kane

Sport

Harry Kane wins 2026 Ballon d’Or after successful season with club, country

Kane netted 61 goals at club level in the 2025/26 season as Bayern Munich clinched the Bundesliga.