Sheikh Ibrahim Khaleel

Sheikh Malam Ibrahim Khaleel is an Islamic scholar based in Kano State, Nigeria, who has expressed interest in running for governor of the state in the 2011 elections.

When questioned on whether the then governor, Ibrahim Shekarau, supported Sheikh Khaleel, the Secretary of the Kano State chapter of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) said that the governor had not decided on any candidate. He is currently contesting to be the governor of Kano state in the 2023 Kano state governorship election under the party of ADC. Khaleel was also the ADC's Kano State governorship candidate in the 2019 general election. In the 2023 election, he was defeated by Abba Kabir Yusuf of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).

2027 candidacy Ahead of the 2027 Kano State gubernatorial election, Khaleel again sought the ADC's governorship ticket, winning the party's primary election held on 22 May 2026 with 55,851 votes against 4,000 votes for his rival aspirant, Ibrahim Ali-Amin ("Al'amin Little"). The party's Deputy National Chairman for the North-West, Naja'atu Mohammed, said Khaleel was unlikely to secure the ticket due to his public support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a claim Khaleel has not confirmed.