2007 Kebbi State gubernatorial election

The 2007 Kebbi State gubernatorial election occurred on April 14, 2007.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] PDP candidate Usman Saidu Nasamu Dakingari won the election, defeating ANPP Farouk Bello Bunza and other 6 candidates.[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]

2007 Kebbi State gubernatorial election
April 14, 2007
 
Nominee Usman Saidu Nasamu Dakingari Farouk Bello Bunza
Party PDP ANPP
Running mate Ibrahim Aliyu
Popular vote 469,595 134,553
Governor before election

Adamu Aliero
ANPP

 Elected Governor

Usman Saidu Nasamu Dakingari
PDP

Results

Usman Saidu Nasamu Dakingari from the PDP won the election.[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28] He defeated Farouk Bello Bunza of the ANPP.[29][30][31][32][33][34][35] 8 candidates contested in the election.[36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45]

The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,345,436.[46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54]

  • Usman Saidu Nasamu Dakingari, (PDP)- 469,595
  • Farouk Bello Bunza, ANPP- 134,553
  • Abubakar Malam Abubakar, DPP- 133,800
  • Adamu Usman, NCP- 7,888
  • Muhammadu Inuwa Bawa, AC- 4,842
  • Abdullahi Ibrahim, ADC- 3,990
  • Salihu Isa Nataro, NDP- 3,921
  • Abubakar Bala Danango, APGA- 3,798

References
  1. "Rumbling in Kebbi State over governorship slot in 2019". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. March 21, 2017. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  2. omodara (June 28, 2020). "ALL GOVERNORS OF KEBBI STATE". Glimpse Nigeria. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  3. "2015: Crisis looms over guber seat in kebbi". Vanguard News. March 21, 2013. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  4. Blueprint (February 27, 2014). "Kebbi: A land of equity crying for equity". Blueprint Newspapers Limited. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  5. "Kebbi 2019: Power shift is clarion call". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. September 2, 2018. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  6. "20 years of North-West state called Kebbi". Daily Trust. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  7. Omotola, J. Shola (2009). "'Garrison' Democracy in Nigeria: The 2007 General Elections and the Prospects of Democratic Consolidation". Commonwealth & Comparative Politics. Routledge. 47 (2): 194–220. doi:10.1080/14662040902857800. ISSN 1466-2043. S2CID 54776563.
  8. Rawlence, Ben; Albin-Lackey, Chris (July 2007). "Briefing: Nigeria's 2007 General Elections: Democracy in Retreat". African Affairs. Oxford University Press. 106 (424): 497–506. doi:10.1093/afraf/adm039. JSTOR 4496465.
  9. "Federal Republic of Nigeria State and National Elections April 14 and 21, 2007" (PDF). iri.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 19, 2015.
  10. "Journal of African Elections Special Issue: Nigeria's 2007 General Elections" (PDF). eisa.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 20, 2020.
  11. "Nigeria's 2007 General Elections and Succession Crisis: Implications for the Nascent Democracy" (PDF).
  12. "2007 Nigerian National Elections Pre-Election Assessment Final Report". Archived from the original on April 15, 2021.
  13. "NIGERIA'S ELECTIONS: AVOIDING A POLITICAL CRISIS Africa Report No 123 – 28 March 2007" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on April 15, 2021.
  14. "A NIGERIAN PERSPECTIVE ON THE 2007 PRESIDENTIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on December 3, 2017.
  15. "NIGERIA:FAILED ELECTIONS, FAILING STATE?Africa Report No 126 - 30 May 2007" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on January 24, 2022.
  16. "Who Speaks for the North? Politics and Influence in Northern Nigeria" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on October 25, 2019.
  17. Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Refworld | Renewed Crackdown on Freedom of Expression". Refworld.
  18. "Former Kebbi Gov, deputy defect to APC". Vanguard News. December 29, 2017. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  19. Ehiabhi, Vincent (July 9, 2014). "Kebbi Deputy Governor Loses Son In Auto Crash". Legit.ng - Nigeria news. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  20. "Former Kebbi Governor, Dakingari, deputy decamp to APC". Daily Trust. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  21. "Outgoing Kebbi Governor Dakingari, SSG absent at handing over | Premium Times Nigeria". May 29, 2015. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  22. Kingsley, Ezeibekwe (December 30, 2017). "Former Kebbi Gov, deputy defect to APC". P.M. News. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  23. "Former governor, other Kebbi PDP bigwigs defect to APC". Daily Nigerian. January 21, 2018. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  24. "Former Kebbi Gov Dakingari, Deputy, Others Defect To APC". Independent Newspapers Nigeria. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  25. Akinsola, Babatunde (March 27, 2014). "Kebbi Deputy Gov. donates 16-seater bus to faculty at OAU, Ile-Ife". Naija247news. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  26. Olowolagba, Fikayo (December 30, 2017). "Kebbi: Former governor, deputy, SSG, others dump PDP for APC". Daily Post Nigeria. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  27. "Former Kebbi Gov, deputy defect to APC -". The NEWS. December 29, 2017. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  28. "Ex-governor, 6 other PDP chieftains defect to APC". Pulse Nigeria. December 30, 2017. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  29. "Sad news: Kebbi Dep. Governor's son dies in auto-crash » YNaija". YNaija. July 9, 2014. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  30. "Former Kebbi Governor, deputy defect to APC -". The Eagle Online. December 29, 2017. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  31. "Kebbi Deputy Governor, 17 Others Defect To APC; PDP Now Minority In State Assembly". The Gazelle News. November 26, 2014. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  32. Daily, Peoples (January 1, 2018). "Kebbi: Ex-Gov Dakingari, deputy others defect to APC". Peoples Daily Newspaper. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  33. Opejobi, Seun (January 7, 2015). "Kebbi Deputy Governor swears in three new Commissioners". Daily Post Nigeria. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  34. "Kebbi deputy governor's son dies in auto crash". TheCable. July 9, 2014. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  35. Blueprint (December 2, 2014). "2015: As the marathon for Kebbi guber seat hots up…". Blueprint Newspapers Limited. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  36. Adamu, Fatima L. (2008). "Gender, Hisba and The Enforcement of Morality in Northern Nigeria". Africa. 78 (1): 136–152. doi:10.3366/E0001972008000089. ISSN 1750-0184. S2CID 145556111.
  37. "Final NDI Report on Nigeria's 2007 Elections" (PDF). ndi.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 4, 2018.
  38. "THE INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION AS AN (IM) PARTIAL UMPIRE IN THE CONDUCT OF THE 2007 ELECTIONS" (PDF). eisa.org.
  39. "NIGERIA STATE AND FEDERAL ELECTIONS 14 and 21 April 2007". aceproject.org. Archived from the original on April 15, 2021.
  40. "GUBERNATORIAL AND STATE HOUSES OF ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS 14 April 2007 AND PRESIDENTIAL AND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS 21 April 2007" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on July 22, 2014.
  41. "Nigeria: Current Issues". Archived from the original on March 20, 2020.
  42. "GODFATHERS AND THE 2007 NIGERIANGENERAL ELECTIONS" (PDF).
  43. "ELECTORAL VIOLENCE AND NIGERIA'S2007 ELECTIONS" (PDF).
  44. "Islamic criminal law in northern Nigeria: politics, religion, judicial practice" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on February 16, 2019.
  45. "Nigeria: Restoring faith in the polio vaccine - Nigeria". ReliefWeb.
  46. ""Political Shari'a"? Human Rights and Islamic Law in Northern Nigeria: XI. The politicization of religion: reactions to the implementation of Sharia". www.hrw.org. Archived from the original on September 22, 2004.
  47. Thurston, Alexander. "Don't ignore Nigeria's gubernatorial elections". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286.
  48. Alexander Thurston (September 17, 2019). "The Governor and the Emir: A Struggle over Islamic Authority in Kano State, Nigeria". Maydan.
  49. Olaniyi, Rasheed Oyewole (2011). "Hisbah and Sharia Law Enforcement in Metropolitan Kano". Africa Today. Indiana University Press. 57 (4): 71–96. doi:10.2979/africatoday.57.4.71. JSTOR 10.2979/africatoday.57.4.71. S2CID 154801688.
  50. "Nigeria: The Battle for Shari'ah Supremacy | IIRF". www.iirf.eu. Archived from the original on April 19, 2021. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  51. "Listening to the rumours: What the northern Nigeria polio vaccine boycott can tell us ten years on" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on September 22, 2020.
  52. "Background to Nigeria's 2015 Elections" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on July 24, 2020.
  53. Rawlence, Ben; Albin-Lackey, Chris (July 2007). "Briefing: Nigeria's 2007 General Elections: Democracy in Retreat". African Affairs. Oxford University Press. 106 (424): 497–506. doi:10.1093/afraf/adm039. JSTOR 4496465.
  54. "AN ANALYSIS OF THE 2003 AND 2007 ELECTORAL VIOLENCE IN NIGERIA" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on April 29, 2021.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.