Nigeria, Oct. 11 -- Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, and 16 others are on the final list of governorship candidates in Kano released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday.

However, the talking point in the state is the omission of the name of one of the most popular challengers, Aminu Abdulsalam of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), on the list.

His exclusion has sent shockwaves through the state's political landscape, and left the NDC scrambling for legal and administrative remedies to salvage its position in the crucial gubernatorial contest.

While the Commission did not give reasons for Mr Abdulsalam's disqualification, sources suggest it may be connected to administrative compliance issues or pre-e...