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2027: Zainab, Kwankwaso's Daughter Files for Divorce Against Gov Yusuf, Offers to Return Dowry
Police are investigating how Zainab Kwankwaso left Government House as her divorce case in Abuja has drawn a court summons for Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf.
On Saturday, November 14, 2026, Zainab Kwankwaso, daughter of Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, filed for divorce from Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf at an Upper Area Court in Abuja, offering to return her dowry.
The couple, who married in July 2006, maintained a 20-year union and share six children; Zainab previously served as an aide to her father before becoming the governor's second wife.
After Zainab left the Kano Government House two weeks ago, Kano Police Commissioner Ibrahim Adamu Bakori launched an investigation into her travel to Abuja without her security detail.
Governor Yusuf's defection from the NNPP to the APC reportedly escalated political tensions, fracturing the alliance with his father-in-law, Senator Kwankwaso, who previously served as the governor's political godfather.
An Abuja court has summoned Governor Yusuf to appear on November 17, 2026, regarding the divorce proceedings, though the Kano State Government has not yet commented on the development.