2027 · GubernatorialADC
Isa Mohammed Ashiru & Kantiok Irmiya Ishaku
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Kantiok Irmiya Ishaku
Member of the Kaduna State House of Assembly for Zonkwa State Constituency
5 Jun 2007 – 11 Jun 2019
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Kantiok Irmiya Ishaku (also written Irimiya, Irmiya or Isyaku; a barrister) is the African Democratic Congress (ADC) deputy governorship candidate in Kaduna State for the election of 6 February 2027 (INEC final list, 10 October 2026), running mate to Isa Mohammed Ashiru, who announced him on 22 July 2026. He represented Zonkwa constituency in the Kaduna State House of Assembly for three consecutive terms on the Peoples…
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Kantiok Irmiya Ishaku (also written Irimiya, Irmiya or Isyaku; a barrister) is the African Democratic Congress (ADC) deputy governorship candidate in Kaduna State for the election of 6 February 2027 (INEC final list, 10 October 2026), running mate to Isa Mohammed Ashiru, who announced him on 22 July 2026. He represented Zonkwa constituency in the Kaduna State House of Assembly for three consecutive terms on the Peoples Democratic Party platform; Premium Times reported in July 2019 that he had been a member for 12 years, which dates the first term to 2007. After the 2015 election he became the Assembly's minority leader, and in 2018 he chaired its ad hoc committee on bills. In July 2019 the Speaker, Aminu Shagali, appointed him Chief of Staff. The Zonkwa seat has been held since 2019 by a different lawmaker, Emmanuel Bako Kantiok.
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2007
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDElectedReviewed record
State House of Assembly Member
Zonkwa · Kaduna
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Service ended
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- Ended
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- PDP
- Leadership role
- Minority Leader
Recorded periods in this office: 5 Jun 2007 – 6 Jun 2011 (PDP); 6 Jun 2011 – 9 Jun 2015 (PDP); 9 Jun 2015 – 11 Jun 2019 (PDP).
2015
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDElection participationReviewed record
2015 State Assembly election
Peoples Democratic Party · Zonkwa · Kaduna
- Result
- Won
Listed among the 33 Kaduna lawmakers who received certificates of return (Daily Trust, 7 May 2015). Poll day is the national state-election date of 11 April 2015, not stated in the source; votes not found. He also sat in the previous Assembly, so was elected in 2011 as well (no source with the result found).
2019
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDWorking lifeReviewed record
Chief of Staff to the Speaker
Kaduna State House of Assembly (Office of the Speaker)
- Industry
- Government
Appointed by Speaker Aminu Shagali in early July 2019, straight after leaving the Assembly; end year not found.
2027
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDElection participationReviewed record
2027 Deputy-governorship election
African Democratic Congress · Kaduna
- Result
- Pending
INEC final list of candidates (Governorship, Kaduna State), published 2026-10-10 — SN 2; INEC name: KANTIOK IRMIYA ISHAKU; age 63; male; qualification (as declared to INEC): FSLC GCE LL.B, BL, LL.M, MIASS, LED; governorship candidate: Isa Mohammed Ashiru · Named as running mate by governorship candidate Isa Ashiru in a statement on 22 July 2026 (Daily Post, Punch; Premium…
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INEC final list of candidates (Governorship, Kaduna State), published 2026-10-10 — SN 2; INEC name: KANTIOK IRMIYA ISHAKU; age 63; male; qualification (as declared to INEC): FSLC GCE LL.B, BL, LL.M, MIASS, LED; governorship candidate: Isa Mohammed Ashiru · Named as running mate by governorship candidate Isa Ashiru in a statement on 22 July 2026 (Daily Post, Punch; Premium Times, published 23 July, says Thursday), described as a former three-term Kaduna Assembly member for Zonkwa and a legal practitioner. On 29 July 2026 Southern Kaduna ADC stakeholders asked Ashiru to suspend the nomination until the party settled its disputed governorship ticket (Leadership, which writes the name as "Barrister Emmanuel Kantyok"; INEC and the other reports give Irmiya (Ishaku) Kantiok). On INEC's final list with Ashiru (10 October 2026). Not to be confused with Emmanuel Bako Kantiok, the Zonkwa member since 2019 (Daily Post 15 Mar 2019, Leadership 20 Jul 2023), who moved from the PDP to the APC in February 2025.
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Ad hoc Committee on Bills
Chair · State assembly
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Party membershipReviewed record
African Democratic Congress (ADC)
ADC deputy governorship candidate in Kaduna State on INEC's final list (10 October 2026); date joined not found. Earlier a PDP member (Assembly member on the PDP platform 2015-2019).
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Qualifications declared to INEC, as printed on the final list: FSLC, GCE, LL.B, BL, LL.M, MIASS and LED. The institutions and years were not found.
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Legal practitioner (Barrister)
Legal practice
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- Legal
Practising lawyer (Barrister) per press reports and INEC-declared law degrees; firm, chambers and years not found.
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