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Tribute to Bukar Abba Ibrahim, by Ibraheem Hamza Muhammad
Former Governor and Senator from Yobe State in North East, Nigeria, Bukar Abba Ibrahim, has passed away at the age of 74 in Saudi-German Hospital in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
The late politician started his primary education in 1957 and proceeded to Government College in Maiduguri in 1965. After taking the West African School Certificate Examination in 1970, he was admitted to Ahmadu Bello University in 1972 where he obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Quantity Surveying in 1975 according to Wikipedia.
He undertook post-graduate professional training in the UK from 1981 to 1982, which led to his qualification as an associate member of the Nigeria Institute of Quantity Surveys.
From 1985 to 1988, he worked as a civil servant in Borno State eventually becoming Commissioner of Works.
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However, in December 1991, a few months after Yobe State was created, Ibrahim contested and won the gubernatorial election under the banner of the Social Democratic Party (SDP). He held that position until November 1993, when the military took control of government.
Nigeria transitioned from military to civilian rule beginning in late 1998. Gubernatorial elections were held in January 1999 and Ibrahim was again elected governor, this time under the banner of the All People’s Party (APP), and took office on 29 May 1999. The APP was later renamed All Nigeria People’s Party (ANPP) due to a factional split. He was re-elected in 2003 for a second four-year term and was one of only four incumbent ANPP governors to maintain their positions.
During his first term, on 5 August 1993 Ibrahim split the state’s four emirates into 13. This change was reversed by the military regime of Sani Abacha. In his second term after the return to democracy, on 6 January 2000, he re-implemented the new emirates, adding Ngazargamu, Gujba, Nguru, Tikau, Potiskum, Yusafari, Gudi, Fine, and Jajere.
The Emir of Fika Alhaji Muhammad Abali protested the break-up of his emirate and took the government to court, but eventually accepted the change.
Similarly, in 2007, he was elected to the Senate for the Yobe East constituency. He ran for re-election in the 9 April 2011 Senatorial contest for Yobe East on the ANPP platform, and won with 115,763 votes against former Senator Lawan Jalo Zarami of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), who gained 67,438 votes.
Senator Bukar Abba Ibrahim is a Muslim and married to three wives; Hajiya Maryam Abba, Aisha Abba Ibrahim and Khadijat Abba Ibrahim.
He is survived by 17 children.
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