Abdikadir Mohamed Yussuf of Jubilee party presented his nomination papers to IEBC.
Abdulkadir, who is son of immediate former Garissa Senator, Mohamed Yusuf Haji, is vying for the seat formerly occupied by his late father.
Abdikadir was cleared and awarded an IEBC nomination certificate by the IEBC Garissa county returning officer Mr Hussein Gure at the North Eastern National Polytechnic College.
He is likely to go unopposed if other parties will not have presented candidates by tomorrow.
The Governor who waved to a cheering crowd before he was driven off was accompanied by several leaders among them; Deputy Governor Hon. Abdi Dagane, Ijara MP Hon. Sophia Abdinoor and Speaker of Garissa County Assembly Hon. Ahmed Abbas.