Asake Jonathan
2023 Gubernatorial Elections (2023)
Asake Jonathan, a former lawmaker and ex-SOKAPU president, ran for Kaduna governor on the Labour Party platform in 2023.
Born: 1 January 1967 (age 59)
State: Kaduna
Party: Labour Party (LP)
Gender: Male
Qualifications: FSLC WASC/GCE M.SC
Running Mate: Aliyu Bashir Idris
Bio
Asake Jonathan is a Nigerian politician and former lawmaker, listed in this record as born in 1967 with FSLC, WASC/GCE, and M.Sc qualifications. Before his 2023 gubernatorial run, he served as President of the Southern Kaduna People's Union (SOKAPU).
He contested the 2023 Kaduna State governorship election under the Labour Party, with Aliyu Bashir Idris as running mate. In a television interview, he said his Labour Party campaign was not a sectional Southern Kaduna project, but a broader platform for people who felt excluded across local governments in the state.
In 2022, he was accused by Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike of mismanaging a N200 million donation for Southern Kaduna IDPs. Asake denied wrongdoing and said he had left over N60 million in SOKAPU coffers when he entered politics.