Kwankwaso also revealed that the immediate past Deputy Governor of Kano State, Dr. Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, has been selected to contest for the Kano Central Senatorial District seat under the same political arrangement.

Ahead of the 2027 general elections, the leader of the Kwankwasiyya movement and presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the 2023 elections, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has announced the selection of Comrade Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo as the Kano State governorship candidate for the National Democratic Coalition (NDC).

Kwankwaso also revealed that the immediate past Deputy Governor of Kano State, Dr. Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, has been selected to contest for the Kano Central Senatorial District seat under the same political arrangement.

The former Governor of Kano State made this disclosure in an official statement shared on his verified X (formerly Twitter) handle on Friday morning.

Describing the rationale behind the high-stakes political consensus, Kwankwaso stated that the choices were anchored on reward for loyalty, competence, and intra-party balancing to ensure the unity of the political structure in the state.