Salihu Tanko-Yakasai, former spokesman to Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano, will declare his intention to run for governor on Friday.
Tanko-Yakasai, who disclosed this in a tweet on Tuesday, said he will run on the platform of the People’s Redemption Party (PRP).
“In the name of Allah, I trust in Allah; there is no might & no power but in Allah. My dear family, friends & well-wishers, this is to announce to you my intention to contest for Governor, Kano State, under our great party PRP. My official declaration will take place this Friday,” he tweeted.
The announcement comes weeks after he resigned his membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Tanko-Yakasai was sacked by Ganduje in February 2021, for making “continued unguarded comments” and criticising President Muhammadu Buhari.
He had also accused the APC government of failing to protect the lives and property of Nigerians in the wake of kidnappings and gunmen attacks across the country.
While leaving the APC in March, Tanko-Yakasai said the party had failed to fulfil its campaign promises to Nigerians.
