Bindo Jibrilla

Bindo Umaru Jibrilla
Governor Adamawa State
In office
May 2015 – Present
Preceded by Bala James Ngilari
Senator for Adamawa North
In office
May 2011 – May 2015
Preceded by Mohammed Mana
Succeeded by Binta Masi Garba
Personal details
Born Adamawa State, Nigeria
Political party APC

Bindo Umaru Jibrilla is a Nigerian businessman who became the candidate of the People's Democratic Party in the 9 April 2011 Senatorial election for the Adamawa North district, and went on to be elected to the national senate.[1] His candidature was unsuccessfully disputed by the incumbent Senator Mohammed Mana.[2] He is now the governor of Adamawa after defeating Nuhu Ribadu and Markus Gundiri in the April governorship polls.

PDP primary

Bindo Umaru Jibrilla is described as a business tycoon, new to politics.[3] He is an industrialist who has established three companies in Mubi, employing about four hundred people, and is a vibrant speaker.[4] He was reportedly called upon by several youth organisations to challenge Mana, who was said to have neglected his senate district.[5] He is known for his philanthropy and for creating jobs, and as the youngest contender would have an advantage with the youth vote.[6]

In the January 2011 PDP primaries for the Adamawa North Senatorial race, Jibrilla Bindo got 626 votes, Mohammed Mana was second with 474 votes, Zira Maigadi secured 162 votes, while Terry Vahyla got 21. Another incumbent Senator, Grace Bent of Adamawa South, was also defeated.[7] On 7 February 2011, well after the deadline for the parties to change their candidate lists had passed, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) published a list showing Jibrilla as PDP candidate for Adamawa North.[8]

Appeals

Mana and Bent independently filed appeals against the primary results.[2] Newspapers reported that there would be a re-run of the primaries, which the (INEC) said it would not recognise. The PDP state chairman, Alhaji Minjinyawa Kugama, also denied knowledge of the re-run, saying he had heard nothing about it from the party leadership, and saying that the primary election had been free and fair.[9]

On 15 March 2011 both Governor Murtala Nyako and the state chairman of the party, Mijinyawa Umaru Kugama, said that they would not support Mana and Bent in their appeals.[10] Later in March 2011 a Federal High Court in Abuja dismissed the appeal as lacking in merit. Mana appealed this ruling.[2] Justice Kafarati affirmed the election of Jibrilla as PDP Candidate for Adamawa North Senatorial district.[11] A PDP leader in the state, Malam Rabiu Rara, advised the two to obey the court orders.[2]

April election

In the 9 April 2011 election, Jibrilla polled 75,112 votes, while the runner-up Boni Haruna of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), a former governor of the state, polled 70,890.[1] This result was confirmed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as of 16 April.[12]

References

  1. 1 2 Olamilekan Lartey, John Ameh, Sunday Ojeme and Salihu Abubakar (11 April 2011). "Yar'Adua's daughter loses in Katsina". The Punch. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Mana, Bent advised to obey court order on Senate tickets". Nigerian Daily. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  3. ↑ Sule Lazarus & Ibrahim Muhammad,Yola (5 December 2010). "Adamawa senators face tough return hurdles". Sunday Trust. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  4. ↑ "Senatorial contest: PDP faces hurdles in Adamawa". Nigerian Daily. 7 April 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  5. ↑ Chibuzo Ukaibe (15 November 2009). "Adamawa – Mubi South Youths Decry FG's Neglect". Leadership. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  6. ↑ OWOLABI ADENUSI (6 April 2011). "Atiku, Nyako's associates test might in Adamawa". National Mirror. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  7. ↑ Blessing Tunoh (15 January 2011). "Adamawa: Aminu, Bent, Mana lose Senatorial primaries". Peoples Daily. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  8. ↑ "No surprises in INEC list: Daniel heads to court". Vanguard. 8 February 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  9. ↑ "Adamawa PDP chair dissociates self from re-run primaries". AfricaWorld247. 26 January 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  10. ↑ Ibrahim Abdul'Aziz (16 March 2011). "Nyako: I won’t campaign for senators in court". Daily Trust. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  11. ↑ "Adamawa PDP Crisis: Court dismisses Sen. Bent's Suit". Channels TV. 23 March 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  12. ↑ "Collated Senate results". Independent National Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
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