An ex-senator, Kabiru Gaya, has lost the Nigeria Democratic Congress senatorial ticket for Kano South despite recently defecting to the opposition party ahead of the 2027 general elections.
PUNCH Online gathered that the party on Sunday adopted Kassim Batayya as its consensus candidate for the Kano South Senatorial District during a stakeholders’ meeting reportedly held at the Miller Road residence of former Kano State governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso.
The development is coming weeks after Gaya dumped the All Progressives Congress and aligned with the NDC amid growing political realignments in Kano State ahead of the 2027 elections.
Gaya, who recently dumped the APC after years in the party, had reportedly been positioning himself for a political comeback to the Senate under the platform of the NDC.
The former lawmaker resigned from the APC on April 5, briefly joined the African Democratic Congress, and later joined the NDC alongside Kwankwaso.
