1979 Kano State gubernatorial election

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1979 Kano State gubernatorial election
July 28, 1979 1983  →
 
Nominee Abubakar Rimi
Party PRP
Running mateIbrahim B.B Farouk
Elected Governor

Abubakar Rimi
PRP

The 1979 Kano State gubernatorial election occurred on July 28, 1979. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] People's Redemption Party (PRP) candidate Abubakar Rimi won the election. [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22]

Abubakar Rimi was elected the PRP Deputy National Secretary in December 1978 at Lagos. [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] He became the gubernatorial candidate of the party on June 25, 1979. [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44]

Results

Abubakar Rimi representing PRP won the election. [45] [46] [47] [48] [49] [50] [51] [52] [53] [54] The election held on July 28, 1979. [55] [56] [57] [58] [59] [60] [61] [62] [63] [64]

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