Nigeria: Jigawa PDP drops incumbent senator, picks ex-deputy gov’s son as consensus candidate for Jigawa Southwest

The political landscape in Jigawa State witnessed a major shift on Friday as the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) dropped its only serving senator in the state, Senator Mustapha Khabeeb of Jigawa Southwest Senatorial District, a second-timer and picked Alhaji Aminu Wada Abubakar, the son of former deputy governor ahead of the 2027 general elections.

The party instead settled for a youthful politician, Alhaji Aminu Wada Abubakar, popularly known as Dokajin Dutse, who emerged as…