Senate · Bauchi South · 2027
African Democratic Congress (ADC)Garba Dahiru
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Garba Dahiru (also reported as Hon. Garba Dahiru Salanke) is the African Democratic Congress (ADC) candidate for Bauchi South Senatorial District in the Senate election of 16 January 2027 (INEC final list, 12 September 2026). INEC lists him as a 59-year-old man whose declared qualifications are the First School Leaving Certificate, the West African School Certificate and an MBA. He is one of 12 candidates INEC lists for the seat; the field includes the sitting governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, standing for the Allied Peoples Movement. He emerged unopposed and was affirmed as the ADC's Bauchi South candidate on Friday 22 May 2026 at the party's affirmation exercise in Bauchi, conducted by the ADC electoral committee chaired by retired General Ishaya Bauka in the presence of INEC officials, at which Senator Halliru Dauda Jika was affirmed as governorship candidate; Premium Times reported that the senatorial candidates were affirmed by consensus. On 24 May 2026 the Bauchi ADC chairman, Shu'aibu Abdullahi Dankama, congratulated him among the party's senatorial candidates at the meeting where the state chapter endorsed Atiku Abubakar for president. His earlier career and any earlier public office were not confirmed as his in published sources as of October 2026.
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Read the evidence · 6 sources
- Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
2026-09-12, p.17 SN 4: "4 BAUCHI BAUCHI SOUTH GARBA DAHIRU ADC None 59 M FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE WAEC MBA"
4 BAUCHI BAUCHI SOUTH GARBA DAHIRU ADC None 59 M FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE WAEC MBA
- Leadership
2026-05-25: "He congratulated the party’s candidates for the 2027 elections, including Sen. Halliru Dauda Jika as the governorship candidate, Nazif Sulaiman Gamawa, Senator Abdul Ahmed Ningi, and Hon. Garba Dahiru as senatorial candidates, as well as other contestants on the ADC platform in Bauchi State and across the country."
He congratulated the party’s candidates for the 2027 elections, including Sen. Halliru Dauda Jika as the governorship candidate, Nazif Sulaiman Gamawa, Senator Abdul Ahmed Ningi, and Hon. Garba Dahiru as senatorial candidates, as well as other contestants on the ADC platform in Bauchi State and across the country.
- Premium Times
2026-05-23: "The ADC also affirmed its senatorial candidates via consensus: Garba Dahiru (Bauchi South), Abdul Ningi (Bauchi Central), and Nazif Gamawa (Bauchi North)."
The ADC also affirmed its senatorial candidates via consensus: Garba Dahiru (Bauchi South), Abdul Ningi (Bauchi Central), and Nazif Gamawa (Bauchi North).
- The Punch
2026-09-14: "In Bauchi South, Governor Bala Mohammed of the Allied People’s Movement will vie for the seat against Shehu Abdullahi of the APC, Garba Dahiru of the ADC, and Dabo Danjuma Adamu of the PDP."
In Bauchi South, Governor Bala Mohammed of the Allied People’s Movement will vie for the seat against Shehu Abdullahi of the APC, Garba Dahiru of the ADC, and Dabo Danjuma Adamu of the PDP.
- Leadership
2026-05-22: "Among those affirmed were Hon. Garba Dahiru Salanke for Bauchi South Senatorial District, Senator Abdul Ahmed Ningi for Bauchi Central, and Senator Nazif Gamawa for Bauchi North."
Among those affirmed were Hon. Garba Dahiru Salanke for Bauchi South Senatorial District, Senator Abdul Ahmed Ningi for Bauchi Central, and Senator Nazif Gamawa for Bauchi North.
- The Punch
2026-05-23: "The affirmation exercise was announced on Friday by the Chairman of the ADC Electoral Committee for the primaries, retired General Ishaya Bauka, at the Grand Conference Hall in Bauchi."
The affirmation exercise was announced on Friday by the Chairman of the ADC Electoral Committee for the primaries, retired General Ishaya Bauka, at the Grand Conference Hall in Bauchi.
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Declared to INEC (2027 final list): First School Leaving Certificate, West African School Certificate (WAEC) and an MBA; institutions and years not published.
Read the evidence · 1 source
- Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
2026-09-12, p.17 SN 4: "4 BAUCHI BAUCHI SOUTH GARBA DAHIRU ADC None 59 M FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE WAEC MBA"
4 BAUCHI BAUCHI SOUTH GARBA DAHIRU ADC None 59 M FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE WAEC MBA
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2027 · Senatorial primary
African Democratic Congress · Won · Bauchi · Bauchi South
Record notes
constituency: Bauchi South Senatorial District · also listed as: Garba Dahiru Salanke · INEC final list of candidates (Senate), published 2026-09-12 — SN 4, p.17; INEC name: GARBA DAHIRU; age 59; male; qualification (as declared to INEC): FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE WAEC MBA · Primary: affirmed unopposed as ADC candidate for Bauchi South (as "Hon. Garba Dahiru Salanke") at the ADC affirmation exercise in Bauchi on Friday 22 May 2026, before INEC officials; committee chairman retired Gen. Ishaya Bauka said all three ADC senatorial candidates emerged unopposed (Leadership, Daily Post, Punch). No votes reported.
Read the evidence · 6 sources
- inecnigeria.org
Garba Dahiru — senatorial 2027
- Nigerian Tribune
2026-05-23: "The senatorial candidates are Hon. Garba Dahiru Salanke for Bauchi South, Senator Abdul Ahmed Ningi for Bauchi Central, and Senator Nazif Gamawa for Bauchi North."
The senatorial candidates are Hon. Garba Dahiru Salanke for Bauchi South, Senator Abdul Ahmed Ningi for Bauchi Central, and Senator Nazif Gamawa for Bauchi North.
- Premium Times
2026-05-23: "The ADC also affirmed its senatorial candidates via consensus: Garba Dahiru (Bauchi South), Abdul Ningi (Bauchi Central), and Nazif Gamawa (Bauchi North)."
The ADC also affirmed its senatorial candidates via consensus: Garba Dahiru (Bauchi South), Abdul Ningi (Bauchi Central), and Nazif Gamawa (Bauchi North).
- The Punch
2026-05-23: "The party also affirmed its senatorial candidates for the 2027 elections, including Garba Dahiru for Bauchi South, Abdul Ningi for Bauchi Central and Nazif Gamawa for Bauchi North Senatorial District."
The party also affirmed its senatorial candidates for the 2027 elections, including Garba Dahiru for Bauchi South, Abdul Ningi for Bauchi Central and Nazif Gamawa for Bauchi North Senatorial District.
- Daily Post
2026-05-23: "Among those affirmed by the party were Garba Dahiru Salanke for Bauchi South Senatorial District, Abdul Ahmed Ningi for Bauchi Central, and Nazif Gamawa for Bauchi North Senatorial District."
Among those affirmed by the party were Garba Dahiru Salanke for Bauchi South Senatorial District, Abdul Ahmed Ningi for Bauchi Central, and Nazif Gamawa for Bauchi North Senatorial District.
- Leadership
2026-05-22: "Speaking at the event on Friday in Bauchi, chairman of the ADC Electoral Committee for the governorship and legislative primaries, retired General Ishaya Bauka, said the exercise was conducted to ensure due process in the emergence of candidates."
Speaking at the event on Friday in Bauchi, chairman of the ADC Electoral Committee for the governorship and legislative primaries, retired General Ishaya Bauka, said the exercise was conducted to ensure due process in the emergence of candidates.
- inecnigeria.org
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