Usman Albishir

Usman Albishir
Senator for Yobe North
Incumbent
Assumed office
29 May 1999
Succeeded by Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan
Personal details
Born Yobe State, Nigeria

Usman Albishir was elected Senator for the Yobe North constituency of Yobe State, Nigeria at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, running on the All People's Party (APP) platform. He took office on 29 May 1999.[1] He was reelected in April 2003 on the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP) platform.[2]

After taking his seat in the Senate in June 1999 Albishir was appointed to committees on Selection, Banking & Currency, Defense, Transport and Privatization.[3] After reelection in 2003 he was appointed Senate Minority Leader, but resigned this position under pressure in December 2004.[4]

Albishir was a contender to be ANPP candidate for the 2007 Yobe State governorship race, supported by the incumbent Governor Bukar Abba Ibrahim, and won 382 votes against Senator Mamman Bello Ali's 88 votes in the primary election.[5] However, due to legal issues the party named Bello Ali as candidate and he was elected. Albishir appealed this decision, and the case dragged through the courts until in February 2010 the Supreme Court finally dismissed his last appeal.[6] Albishir later transferred to the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in hopes of winning the 2011 governorship election on that platform.[7]

On 11 January 2011 at the PDP primaries held at the August 27th Stadium in Damaturu, Yobe State, Usman Albishir defeated former minister of Police Affairs Alhaji Adamu Maina Waziri and Mallam Garba Umar to clinch the party's governorship ticket for the general election in April 2011. Engineer Yakubu Bello withdrew from the race shortly before the commencement of the election while Hassan Saleh, erstwhile Secretary to Yobe State government withdrew a few days later. Albishir scored 388 votes; Waziri got 226 while Garba Umar scored 46.[8]

References

  1. ^ "FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 20 FEBRUARY AND 7 MARCH 1999". Psephos. http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/n/nigeria/nigerialeg2.txt. Retrieved 2010-06-23. 
  2. ^ "Senators". Dawodu. http://www.dawodu.com/senator.htm. Retrieved 2010-06-23. 
  3. ^ "Congressional Committees". Nigeria Congress. http://www.nigeriacongress.org/assembly/committees1.htm. Retrieved 2010-06-23. 
  4. ^ Cletus Akwaya (December 5, 2004). "N100m Bribe Rocks ANPP Senate Caucus". Online Nigeria Daily News. http://nm.onlinenigeria.com/templates/?a=336&z=4. Retrieved 2010-06-23. 
  5. ^ ABU ONYELEBOCHO (March 9, 2007). "2007 presidency: Intra-party squabble threatens Buhari’s chances". Daily Sun. http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/politics/2007/mar/09/politics-09-03-2007-003.htm. Retrieved 2010-06-23. 
  6. ^ "Yobe Guber: Albishir Loses At Supreme Court". Nigeria Newspapers Online. Feb 20th, 2010. http://www.nigerianewspapersonline.net/yobe-guber-albishir-loses-at-supreme-court. Retrieved 2010-06-23. 
  7. ^ Joel Duku (5/04/2010). "Clash of political gladiators in Yobe State". The Nation. http://thenationonlineng.net/web2/articles/41977/1/Clash-of-political-gladiators-in-Yobe-State/Page1.html. Retrieved 2010-06-23. 
  8. ^ Suleiman M. Bisalla (11 January 2011). "Kwankwaso, Yuguda, Albishir win tickets". Daily Trust. http://dailytrust.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9839:kwankwaso-yuguda-albishir-win-tickets&catid=2:lead-stories&Itemid=8. Retrieved 2011-01-25.