Kabir-Yusuf is the son-in-law of the NNPP national chairman and presidential candidate in the just concluded presidential elections, Rabiu Kwankwaso.
Kano state, tagged the centre of commerce, has been under the control of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for almost eight years, and it has experienced significant political changes, which was witnessed in the presidential election, with Kwankwaso sweeping nearly one million votes while the APC came a distant second.
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Kabir-Yusuf contested against the incumbent governor Abdullahi Ganduje during the 2015 governorship election under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) but was defeated in the poll that was said to be tainted with irregularities.
