In 2015, speaker of the House of Representatives Aminu Tambuwal emerged as the governorship candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Sokoto State. Tambuwal’s main challenger was ambassador Abdallah Wali of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This typifies the intricate connections between of Nigeria’s Muslim northern elite. In 2020, the Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, was dethroned by the Kano State government and forced out of the palace with his family including his first wife, Sadiya Bayero, the daughter of Sanusi’s predecessor. After his ouster, Sanusi was succeeded by Aminu Ado Bayero, his brother-in-law and first

Source: The North Africa Journal June 29, 2023 15:48 UTC