Abdul Labaran Madari

Labaran Abdul Madari, more commonly known as Abdul Madari, is a lawmaker from Kano State and a Nigerian politician.

He was elected the Majority Leader for the second time in the Kano State House of Assembly on 15 December 2020.

Abdul Madari was born in 1968 at Madarin Mata of the Warawa Local Government Area of Kano State.

He attended Kawo Cikin Gari Primary School in Warawa, and Government Secondary School in Garko.

Madari also attended Minjibir Teacher's College for his Grade II Certificate and obtained his diploma from the Federal College of Education, Kano.

Madari was elected as a Member of the Kano State House of Assembly in the 2007 Nigerian general election and retained the seat for over three consecutive elections in 2011, 2015, and 2019, serving his fourth term.

He served as the Chief Whip from 2015 to 2019, becoming the Majority Leader in 2019.

On 2020, Madari and four others were unlawfully suspended by the Speaker of the House; the court declared this suspension a violation of Section 109 of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution.

On 14 December 2020, Right Honourable Abdulaziz Garba Gafasa resigned as Speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly, and Hamisu Chidari was elected Speaker alongside Madari as Majority Leader on 15 December 2020.