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Abubakar Idris is a Nigerian politician from Kano. They have contested 1 election (1 loss) across 1 party. Most recent: 2023 House of Representative Elections as National Rescue Movement (NRM) candidate.
Political Career
Biography
Abubakar Idris is a Nigerian politician. He contested the 2023 Kano State House of Representatives election as the National Rescue Movement (NRM) candidate. He lost the election.
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Who declares, who drops out, who switches party: sourced, not speculation.
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Sources
Bio: INEC ↗