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Yakasai Salihu Tanko
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Election
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Wins
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Party
Born5 December 1925 (age 100)
StateKano →
GenderMale
BirthplaceKano State
OccupationPolitician
QualificationFIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL CERTIFICATE B.SC
Summary
Yakasai Salihu Tanko is a Nigerian politician from Kano. They have contested 1 election (1 loss) across 1 party. Most recent: 2023 Gubernatorial Elections as Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) candidate.
Political Career
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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