The second wife of Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, Zainab Musa Kwankwaso, has reportedly filed for divorce at an Abuja court, offering to refund the dowry paid on their marriage.
The development was shared on X on Friday by user @Imranmuhdz.
According to court documents obtained by Daily Nigerian, Zainab, daughter of former Kano State Governor and Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, instituted a civil suit marked CV/97/26 at the Upper Area Court in Gudu, Abuja.
The court reportedly summoned Yusuf to appear on November 17, 2026.
The report stated that Zainab “filed a civil suit (reference CV/97/26) at the Upper Area Court in Gudu, Abuja,” with the governor summoned to appear before the court. She reportedly offered to refund the dowry as part of the divorce proceedings.
Zainab married Yusuf on July 29, 2006, when she was working as an aide to her father.
The marriage produced six children.
The reported divorce filing comes amid a prolonged political disagreement between Yusuf and his former mentor and father-in-law, Kwankwaso, who played a significant role in the governor’s emergence in the 2023 elections.
Yusuf was elected on the platform of the New Nigeria Peoples Party with Kwankwaso’s backing but later defected to the All Progressives Congress, triggering a major fallout between the two political allies.
The report noted that the disagreement, which began about a year ago, “is said by sources to have strained the marriage as well.”
Further details indicated that Zainab left the Kano Government House on October 28 for her father’s residence on Miller Road, Kano, before travelling to Abuja by air.
According to the report, she made the journey “without her police orderly or other security detail,” a development that has drawn attention amid the reported marital crisis.
Neither the governor nor Zainab had publicly confirmed the reported proceedings in the information contained in the report.
