Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has not anointed his successor, the state government said Monday, while puncturing a report attributed to the governor’s wife, Prof. Hafsat Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.
The first lady was reported to have endorsed Murtala Sule Garo, commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs as successor to her husband come 2023.
But in a statement issued on Monday, the state commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, explained that the governor’s wife was quoted out of context in the trending video clip on social media platforms.