Rabiu Kwankwaso

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Mohammed Rabi'u Musa Kwankwaso, FNSE FNIQS (born 21 October 1956) is a Nigerian politician who served as governor of Kano State from 1999 to 2003 and from 2011 to 2015. After he lost his re-election in 2003, he was appointed the first Minister of Defence of the Fourth Republic with no prior military background, from 2003 to 2007, under administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo. He was later elected to the Senate in 2015, serving one term under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), representing Kano Central Senatorial District. Formerly the national leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Kwankwaso resigned on Sunday, March 29, 2026, to facilitate a strategic political realignment. On Monday, March 30, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) officially welcomed Kwankwaso to the party at his residence on Miller Road, Bompai, Kano State. After a brief tenure with ADC, the former Kano Governor defected to the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) in May 2026. He currently...

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