Gov Yusuf’s Second Wife Seeks Divorce, Offers To Refund Bride Price

The second wife of Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf, Zainab Musa Kwankwaso, has approached an Abuja court seeking the dissolution of their 20-year-old marriage, offering to refund the bride price paid by the governor.

Zainab, a niece of former Kano State governor, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, instituted the divorce proceedings at the Upper Area Court sitting in Gudu, Abuja through the Islamic procedure known as khul’I (return of bride price).

According to reports credited to Daily Nigerian, a court document referenced a civil summons with reference number CV/97/26 directed Governor Yusuf to appear before the court on November 17, 2026.

The couple got married on July 29, 2006 when Zainab was serving as an aide to her father, and their union produced six children.

In her particulars of claim, Zainab cited a breakdown of the marriage, alleging a persistent lack of reciprocal care, love, affection and emotional connection between her and the governor.

She also told the court that she had lost her love and affection for Yusuf and developed a deep-seated aversion to continuing the marriage.

The court documents reportedly indicated that efforts to reconcile the couple and restore harmony had failed, adding that she was no longer willing to remain in the union.

Zainab consequently expressed her readiness to refund the bride price paid by the governor during their wedding as part of her request for the dissolution of the marriage.

The development came amid the political fallout between Yusuf and Kwankwaso, his former political benefactor and father-in-law, following the governor’s defection from the New Nigeria Peoples Party to the ruling All Progressives Congress.

It was also reported that Zainab left the Kano Government House on October 28 for her father’s residence on Miller Road, Kano, before travelling to Abuja.

The Kano State government had yet to officially respond to the development at of the time of filing this report.