Aminu Kano

==== Aftermath ====
The killing of Dr. Bala Mohammed deepened the division within the PRP. Earlier in the year, Balarabe Musa, the PRP Governor of Kaduna, was impeached by the NPN-dominated [[Kaduna State House of Assembly|State House of Assembly]]. In 1982, he released a book titled ''Struggle for Social and Economic Change'', in which he accused Aminu of orchestrating the 1981 killings. Musa further asserted that despite "all his rhetoric, fables, gestures, and tricks, Mallam Aminu Kano failed to get our government and the bulk of the party to betray our General Programme."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Musa |first=Balarabe |author-link=Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa |url=http://archive.org/details/struggleforsocia0000musa |title=Struggle for social and economic change |date=1982 |publisher=Zaria : Northern Nigerian Pub. Co. |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-978-169-216-1}}</ref>{{Rp|page=162}}

Following the expulsion of several influential members from the PRP, the ''Santsi'' faction fragmented, due to issues like electoralism, a crisis of survival, and strategic conflicts. Abubakar Rimi joined Azikiwe's NPP, while [[Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa|Balarabe Musa]] attempted to reconcile with Aminu.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Abdulraheem |first=Tajudeen |last2=Olukoshi |first2=Adebayo |date=1986 |title=The Left in Nigerian Politics and the Struggle for Socialism: 1945-1985 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4005819 |journal=Review of African Political Economy |issue=37 |pages=64–80 |issn=0305-6244}}</ref> Musa disclosed in a 2012 interview that Aminu's illness during this period left him "largely unaware of his surroundings," which was exploited by "some evil people around him." Musa also mentioned Aminu's intention to organise a reconciliation gathering at his house, but his deteriorating health prevented it, leading to his eventual passing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tilde |first=Dr Aliyu U. |date=2012-05-26 |title=Interview (1): An Evening with Balarabe Musa |url=https://aliyuutilde.wordpress.com/2012/05/26/interview-1-an-evening-with-balarabe-musa/ |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=Discourse With Dr. Tilde |language=en}}</ref>

In preparation for the 1983 presidential election, Aminu chose Bola Ogunbo as his running mate, the first time a woman ever held the position in the country.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Mama |first=Amina |date=1995 |title=Feminism or Femocracy? State Feminism and Democratisation in Nigeria |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43657968 |journal=Africa Development / Afrique et Développement |volume=20 |issue=1 |pages=37–58 |issn=0850-3907}}</ref> However, he passed away on 17 April 1983, several months before the election.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Mahmud |first=Sakah S. |date=1988 |editor-last=Feinstein |editor-first=Alan |title=Mallam Aminu Kano and the Politics of Change in Nigeria |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4186467 |journal=Africa Today |volume=35 |issue=1 |pages=57–60 |issn=0001-9887}}</ref>