2027: Zainab, Kwankwaso's daughter files for divorce against Gov Yusuf, offers to return dowry
Zainab Musa Kwankwaso offered to return the dowry as a court summons set Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf to appear in three days, reports said.
- Zainab Kwankwaso filed for divorce from Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf at the Upper Area Court in Abuja, seeking to end their 20-year marriage and offering to return her dowry.
- Married on July 29, 2006, the couple produced six children, but Zainab moved out of the Kano Government House on October 28 to reside at her father's residence along Miller Road.
- Governor Yusuf defected from the NNPP to the All Progressives Congress, fracturing his alliance with his father-in-law, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, a central figure in the Kwankwasiyya political movement.
- The Upper Area Court summoned Governor Yusuf to appear on November 17, 2026, while an official confided that Zainab was taken from her matrimonial home two weeks ago.
- Political differences between the governor and Senator Kwankwaso have attracted considerable attention in Northern Nigeria; the Kano State Government has not commented on the filing.
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Kano Governor Abba Yusuf’s Second Wife, Zainab Kwankwaso, Files For Divorce, Offers To Refund Dowry
The second wife of Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, Zainab Musa Kwankwaso, has reportedly filed for divorce at an Upper Area Court in Abuja, offering to refund the dowry paid on her behalf. Zainab, a daughter of former Kano State Governor and Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, instituted a civil suit against the governor at the Upper Area Court in Gudu, Abuja, with case reference number CV/97/26. Daily Nigerian reports that Governor Yusuf has b…
Kwankwaso’s Daughter Offers to Refund Dowry as She Seeks Divorce From Abba Yusuf
Ghazali Ibrahim Zainab Musa Kwankwaso, daughter of former Kano State Governor and Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has offered to refund the dowry paid by Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf as she seeks to end their 20-year marriage. Zainab, who is the governor’s second wife, reportedly filed for divorce through the Islamic procedure known as […]
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