The NNPP initially submitted Mr Shekarau's name to the INEC as its senatorial candidate for Kano Central District.
for Kano Central District, Rufa’i Hanga, did not make the final lists of senatorial candidates released by the Independent National Electoral Commission .
Instead, the electoral commission published the name of a former governor of the state, Ibrahim Shekarau, as the NNPP candidate for the central district in place of Mr Hanga whose name was submitted to the INEC by the party.
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