Kano State governorship candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo, has appointed a former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chairman, Shehu Wada Sagagi, to head his 2027 election campaign.
Sagagi will serve as Director-General of the campaign organisation, alongside two other political appointees named by Gwarzo. The appointments took effect immediately, the candidate’s spokesperson, Ibrahim Garba Shuaibu, announced on Wednesday, 11 November, 2026.
The choice of Sagagi brings a former head of the PDP in Kano State into the leadership of Gwarzo’s campaign under the NDC.
Sagagi has also served as Chief of Staff at the Kano State Government House and Commissioner for Investment, Commerce and Industry.
Two other politicians take campaign positions
Gwarzo appointed Adamu Ali Ibrahim Kibiya as Secretary of the Campaign Directorate.
Kibiya, a former commissioner, has experience in public service and grassroots politics. His political experience also includes mobilisation at the local level.
The candidate also named engineer Sunusi Usman Dambatta as Deputy Director-General of the Campaign Council.
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Dambatta is an engineer and politician with extensive involvement in political activities.
The three appointments give the campaign organisation a leadership team covering administration, political organisation and grassroots mobilisation.
Full campaign council membership pending
The NDC candidate said the appointments would provide leadership for his campaign ahead of the 2027 Kano governorship election.
The organisation is expected to use the appointees’ political and administrative experience to guide its activities and organise support at the grassroots.
Shuaibu, who signed the announcement as spokesperson to the gubernatorial candidate, said the full membership of the campaign council would be released soon.
The announcement did not include the names of other members expected to serve on the council.
WHAT READERS SHOULD KNOW
Sagagi’s political history includes leadership of the PDP in Kano State before his appointment to Gwarzo’s NDC campaign.
His previous government appointments also include service as Chief of Staff and Commissioner for Investment, Commerce and Industry.
Kibiya’s appointment as secretary puts a former commissioner in charge of that section of the campaign directorate, while Dambatta takes the deputy director-general position.
All three appointments took effect on 11 November, 2026.
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