Zainab Musa Kwankwaso, the second wife of Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has approached an Abuja court seeking to dissolve their 20-year-old marriage, offering to refund the dowry paid by the governor.
Zainab, daughter of former Kano State Governor and Senator, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, filed the divorce suit at an Upper Area Court in Gudu, Abuja, through the Islamic procedure known as Khul’i.
The procedure allows a woman to seek the dissolution of her marriage by returning her dowry or offering compensation to her husband.
Court documents indicated that the court had summoned Governor Yusuf to appear on November 17, 2026, to respond to the petition.
In her application, Zainab reportedly cited a breakdown of the marriage, alleging that the relationship had been characterised by a lack of love, affection, care and emotional attachment.
She also told the court that attempts to reconcile the couple had failed, expressing her readiness to return the dowry received during their wedding.
The couple got married on July 29, 2006, and their union produced six children.
The development comes weeks after Zainab reportedly moved out of the Kano Government House to her father's residence before relocating to Abuja.
