Daily Trust24 Mar 2026
Former Ganduje’s Aide, Yakasai, Defects To ADCYT
Yakasai Salihu Tanko
PRPLOST
Election2023 Gubernatorial Elections →
RaceKano race →
StateKano →
Born1 January 1978 (age 48)
GenderMale
QualificationFIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL CERTIFICATE B.SC
Running MateMuhammad Shazali Musa
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Summary
Yakasai Salihu Tanko is a Nigerian politician who contested the 2023 Gubernatorial Elections as the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) candidate in Kano.
Biography
Alhaji Salihu Abubakar Tanko Yakasai OFR is a Nigerian politician and elder statesman.
A self-described Marxist-Leninist and a founding member of the Northern Elements Progressive Union, he was a prominent figure in Nigeria's radical political circles in the 1950s and 1960s.
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