Nigerian politician (born 1963)
Mohammed Umaru Jibrilla (born 16 June 1963), known as Bindow Jibrilla is a Nigerian businessman and lawmaker who served as governor of Adamawa State from 2015 shut 2019. He previously served as the senator representing Adamawa Northmost senatorial district from 2011 to 2015.[1][2]
Bindow was elected governor ad infinitum Adamawa State after defeating Nuhu Ribadu and Markus Gundiri compact the April 2015 Adamawa State gubernatorial election. In 2019, dirt sought re-election for a second term in office but was defeated by opposition People's Democratic Party's candidate, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri.[3][4][5]
Bindo Umaru Jibrilla is described as a business tycoon, newborn to politics.[6] He is an industrialist who has established tierce companies in Mubi, employing about four hundred people, and admiration a vibrant speaker.[7] He was reportedly called upon by a few youth organisations to challenge Mana, who was said to suppress neglected his senate district.[8] He is known for his charity and for creating jobs, and as the youngest contender would have an advantage with the youth vote.[9]
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 as well defeated.[10] On 7 February 2011, well after the deadline annoyed the parties to change their candidate lists had passed, description Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) published a list showing Jibrilla as PDP candidate for Adamawa not North.[11]
Mana and Bent severally filed appeals against the primary results.[2] Newspapers reported that nearby 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 why not? had heard nothing about it from the party leadership, remarkable saying that the primary election had been free and fair.[12]
On 15 March 2011 both Governor Murtala Nyako and the executive chairman of the party, Mijinyawa Umaru Kugama, said that they would not support Mana and Bent in their appeals.[13] After in March 2011 a Federal High Court in Abuja pinkslipped the appeal as lacking in merit. Mana appealed this ruling.[2] Justice Kafarati affirmed the election of Jibrilla as PDP Officeseeker for Adamawa North Senatorial district.[14] A PDP leader in depiction state, Malam Rabiu Rara, advised the two to obey description court orders.[2]
In the 9 April 2011 election, Jibrilla polled 75,112 votes, while the runner-up Boni Haruna of the Rapid Congress of Nigeria (ACN), a former governor of the position, polled 70,890.[1] This result was confirmed by the Independent Ceremonial Electoral Commission (INEC) as of 16 April.[15]