Zainab Kwankwaso, a niece of former Kano State governor Rabiu Kwankwaso, has filed for divorce from Kano's Governor Abba Yusuf at an Upper Area Court in Gudu, Abuja, Premium Times reports, citing Daily Nigerian. A court summons orders the governor to appear on 17 November. Zainab, his second wife, married him in 2006 while he was an aide to her uncle, and the couple have six children.
The state government had not commented. An official told Premium Times that she left the family home two weeks ago. It is not clear whether the case is linked to politics: in January Yusuf broke with Kwankwaso, his long-time political mentor and now the Nigeria Democratic Congress vice-presidential candidate, and defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress.
Source: Premium Times