Nigeria, Oct. 26 -- At 70, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwas0, Ph.D, former Governor of Kano State and Vice Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) in the January 16,2027 presidential election, represents one of the most intriguing figures in Nigeria's political space: a politician whose influence is deeply rooted in the political soil of Kano, whose ambitions and alliances have repeatedly drawn him into the wider contest over Nigeria's future.

His journey from engineering and public service administration to the governorship of his home state of Kano, the National Assembly, the Ministry of Defence and presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, offers more than a personal chronicle of political survival. It tells a ...