Abdulaziz Umar Ganduje, eldest son of the immediate past National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has obtained the nomination form to contest for a seat in the House of Representatives on the platform of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
According to reports, Abdulaziz is seeking to represent the Dawakin Tofa/Tofa/Rimin Gado Federal Constituency of Kano State. The development has sparked fresh political interest in Kano, especially as Abdulaziz is widely regarded as a loyal member of the Kwankwasiyya political movement despite his father’s longstanding influence in the APC. Politics
A viral video circulating on social media showed Abdulaziz in a discussion with the leader of the Kwankwasiyya movement and former Kano State governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, shortly after obtaining the nomination form.
Abdulaziz has reportedly remained politically distant from his father’s camp for years, consistently identifying with the Kwankwasiyya movement.
Interestingly, Abdulaziz is now seeking the same House of Representatives seat contested by his brother, Umar Abdullahi Ganduje, on the platform of the APC in the 2023 general election. Umar lost the election to the candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) despite the political influence wielded at the time by their father, who was then governor of Kano State. Newsmakers.
