Presidential Election: Tinubu Got 517,341 Kano Votes in 2023; Can He Win in 2027?

Ahead of Nigeria’s 2027 presidential election, Bola Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi are vying for votes in Kano State. In 2023, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso won 997,279 votes there, ahead of Tinubu with 517,341, Atiku with 131,716 and Obi with 28,513. In the next election, Kwankwaso will run as Obi’s vice-presidential candidate, while Atiku is running on the ADC platform and Tinubu remains the APC candidate. The article questions whether Tinubu can surpass his 2023 tally and how Kano voters will choose.