Zainab Musa Kwankwaso, the second wife of Kano Governor Abba Yusuf and daughter of Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has filed for divorce at an Abuja court, offering to refund her dowry to end the marriage.
Court documents obtained by Daily Nigerian show that Zainab filed civil suit CV/97/26 at the Upper Area Court in Gudu. The governor has been summoned to appear on November 17, 2026.
The couple married on July 29, 2006, while Zainab was serving as an aide to her father. They have six children together.
The legal move follows a bitter political fallout between Governor Yusuf and his father-in-law. Yusuf won the governorship on the platform of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) with Kwankwaso’s backing but later defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Sources say this rift, which began about a year ago, ultimately pushed the marriage to a breaking point.
On October 28, Zainab reportedly left the Kano Government House for her father’s residence on Miller Road before flying to Abuja. Notably, she traveled without her police orderly or any security detail.
