House of Representatives member Sha’aban Sharada has been adopted as the Action Democratic Party (ADP) governorship candidate in Kano state for the 2023 general elections.
Mr Sharada represents Kano Municipal Federal Constituency at the National Assembly.
He defected to ADP after losing at the APC governorship primaries on May 27.
ADP Organising Secretary in Kano, Malam Tasiu Abdurrahman, said on Wednesday in Kano that his adoption followed the voluntary withdrawal of the party’s candidate, Mr Nasiru Hassan-Koguna from the race.
He said, “According to the ADP constitution in such a situation, the executive officials should constitute an electoral panel to fill in the vacuum, of which I was the chairman.
“We invited the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) to witness the formal affirmation of the new candidate on Aug. 12, which was the deadline by the commission for political parties to completely change their governorship candidates,” he said.
Mr Abdurrahman said all the 19 members of the executive committee of the party unanimously affirmed Sharada as the new governorship candidate.
He said Sharada’s adoption has brightened the ADP chances of winning the 2023 governorship election in the state.
