Kano state Governor Abdullah Umar Ganduje, has bought the All Progressive Congress senatorial nomination form ahead of the forthcoming primaries in the state, TheNewsGuru.com can exclusively confirm
The Governor who will be aspiring to represent Kano North senatorial district at the Red chamber from 2023.
Meanwhile the Governor also endorsed his deputy, Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, as his successor while the immediate past commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy, Murtala Sule Garo was picked as deputy.
It was gathered that the decisions were parts of a resolutions agreed on by the party stakeholders under the leadership of Ganduje earlier hours on Sunday.
The parameters used to arrive at the choice of Kano North senatorial district weren’t revealed but insinuations are rife that they got rewarded for being loyal to Governor’s Ganduje’s government.
Ganduje, whose two-term tenure would end by May 29, 2023, is set to replace the serving Senator ,Barau Jibrin who is also contending for the gubernatorial ticket under APC.
Barau, however, has remained silent on his next line of ambition after the Friday Supreme Court judgment which dismissed his G7 group appeal against Ganduje.