Zainab Musa Kwankwaso, the second wife of Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has reportedly filed for divorce at an Upper Area Court in Abuja, offering to return the dowry paid during their marriage.
The daughter of former Kano State Governor and Senator Rabiu
Musa Kwankwaso instituted a civil suit marked CV/97/26 at the Upper Area Court,
Gudu, Abuja.
The court has reportedly summoned Governor Yusuf to appear
on November 17, 2026, in connection with the divorce proceedings.
Zainab and Yusuf got married on July 29, 2006, when she was
serving as an aide to her father. Their union produced six children.
The development comes against the backdrop of an ongoing
political disagreement between Governor Yusuf and his former political
godfather and father-in-law, Kwankwaso.
Yusuf secured his election as governor under the platform of
the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, largely benefiting from Kwankwaso’s
political influence. However, tensions reportedly emerged after Yusuf later
defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
Reports indicate that the political disagreement between
Kwankwaso and the governor, which began about a year ago, has also contributed
to growing tensions within the marriage.
Further reports revealed that Zainab moved out of the Kano
Government House on October 28 and relocated to her father's residence along
Miller Road in Kano.
She subsequently travelled to Abuja by air without her
police orderly or other security operatives.
The reported divorce filing marks another development in the
strained relationship between the governor and his father-in-law, whose
political differences have attracted considerable attention.
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