Abdullahi Ganduje, Kano State governor of Kano, has obtained the senatorial form of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Kano north senatorial district.
Ganduje, 72, will be vying to replace Barau Jibrin as Kano north senator in 2023.
The governor who will be completing his second term as governor in 2023, had on May 8, endorsed Nasiru Gawuna, the deputy, to become the next governor of the state.
He also endorsed Murtala Garo, former commissioner for local government and chieftaincy affairs, as Gawuna’s running mate in the 2023 governorship election.
Ganduje was deputy to Rabiu Kwankwaso from 1999 to 2003 and 2011 to 2015.
He later succeeded his principal in 2015.