Nigeria, May 29 -- The Governor-Elect of Kano State, Abba Kabir, did not attend nor send representatives to the official handover ceremony organised by the outgoing governor Abdullahi Ganduje on Sunday.

Mr Ganduje decided to handover to the new governor on Sunday instead of Monday, 29 May, the official handover date so that he can attend the inauguration of the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, in Abuja on Monday morning, the state's Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Muhammad Garba, said on Sunday.

He said the state's transition committee had informed Mr Kabir of this plan.

"The outgoing Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State will perform the official handing over of the affairs of the state to the governor-elect, Abba Y...