Abdulrazak Nuhu Bature, known publicly as Abdulrazak (Abdurrazaq) Nuhu Zaki or 'Nuhu Zaki', is the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) candidate for Bauchi Central Senatorial District in the Senate election of 16 January 2027 (INEC final list, 12 September 2026). INEC lists him as 58, with the First School Leaving Certificate and the Senior School Certificate as his declared qualifications. He is from Warji LGA.
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Abdulrazak Nuhu Bature, known publicly as Abdulrazak (Abdurrazaq) Nuhu Zaki or 'Nuhu Zaki', is the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) candidate for Bauchi Central Senatorial District in the Senate election of 16 January 2027 (INEC final list, 12 September 2026). INEC lists him as 58, with the First School Leaving Certificate and the Senior School Certificate as his declared qualifications. He is from Warji LGA.
He represented Ningi/Warji Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives on the PDP from 2011 to 2015, between Abdul Ningi (1999-2011) and Salisu Zakari Ningi (2015-2019); the term dates used are the 7th and 8th Assembly inaugurations. An ACN petition against his 2011 election was dismissed by the Bauchi tribunal on 28 October 2011. In 2012 the University of Jos said he was never its student and disowned his claimed Advanced Diploma in Public Administration; constituents petitioned the Speaker and police invited him. He dismissed the campaign ('They took me to court several times and failed'), and no charge or finding was reported. He won the PDP ticket for Ningi/Warji in December 2014, but the APC took every National Assembly seat in Bauchi in March 2015.
He stayed in the PDP (a 'former PDP member of the House' in 2016) and in September 2018 sought the PDP's Bauchi Central Senate ticket, which went to Senator Isa Hamma Misau. Under Governor Bala Mohammed he was Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs from September 2019 (re-appointed after the June 2021 cabinet dissolution, serving into 2023) and Commissioner for Water Resources from 14 August 2023 until he resigned, effective 31 March 2026, to run for the Senate. In 2021 he petitioned the police over a cleric's sermon accusing him and the governor of plotting against the cleric's life, an allegation he called baseless. After the governor moved from the PDP to the APM on 2 May 2026, the APM affirmed him as its Bauchi Central candidate by consensus on 28 May 2026.
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2011
IN THE PUBLIC RECORD
2011
Election participationReviewed record
2011 House of Representatives election
Peoples Democratic Party · Ningi/Warji · Bauchi
Result
Won
Recorded winner
Abdulrazak Nuhu Zaki (PDP)
Elected for Ningi/Warji as Abdulrazak Nuhu Zaki, succeeding Abdul Ningi (who moved to the Senate). The ACN's petition against his return was dismissed by the Bauchi National Assembly election tribunal (Justice Maria Zukogi) on 28 October 2011. Party per Daily Trust (2016: 'former PDP member of the House'). 9 April 2011 is the national House polling day, not read from a result…
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Elected for Ningi/Warji as Abdulrazak Nuhu Zaki, succeeding Abdul Ningi (who moved to the Senate). The ACN's petition against his return was dismissed by the Bauchi National Assembly election tribunal (Justice Maria Zukogi) on 28 October 2011. Party per Daily Trust (2016: 'former PDP member of the House'). 9 April 2011 is the national House polling day, not read from a result sheet; votes not found.
Reviewed 6 Oct 2026
2011
ElectedReviewed record
Federal Representative
Ningi/Warji · Bauchi
Status
Ended
Party on this record
PDP
Reason recorded for departure: Term end.
Reviewed 6 Oct 2026
2015
IN THE PUBLIC RECORD
2015
Party primaryReviewed record
2015 House of Representatives primary
Peoples Democratic Party · Ningi/Warji · Bauchi
Primary result
Won
What this establishes
A party-stage result, not election to public office
Recorded winner
Abdulrazak Nuhu Zaki (PDP)
Won the PDP House of Representatives primary for Ningi/Warji; results announced by committee chairman Dahiru Sabo (Daily Trust, 8 Dec 2014). Primary day and votes not reported. In the general election of 28 March 2015 the APC won every National Assembly seat in Bauchi and Salisu Zakari Ningi (APC) took Ningi/Warji; his own 2015 vote was not found, so no general-election row is…
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Won the PDP House of Representatives primary for Ningi/Warji; results announced by committee chairman Dahiru Sabo (Daily Trust, 8 Dec 2014). Primary day and votes not reported. In the general election of 28 March 2015 the APC won every National Assembly seat in Bauchi and Salisu Zakari Ningi (APC) took Ningi/Warji; his own 2015 vote was not found, so no general-election row is stored.
Reviewed 6 Oct 2026
2019
IN THE PUBLIC RECORD
2019
Working lifeReviewed record
Commissioner for Local Government & Chieftaincy Affairs
Bauchi State Government
Industry
Government
Screened by the Bauchi State House of Assembly on 5 September 2019 and given the Local Government & Chieftaincy Affairs portfolio on 9 September 2019 by Governor Bala Mohammed. Governor Mohammed dissolved the State Executive Council on 9 June 2021; he was renominated (from Warji LGA) on 17 August 2021 and confirmed on 27 August 2021, and was again Commissioner for Local…
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Screened by the Bauchi State House of Assembly on 5 September 2019 and given the Local Government & Chieftaincy Affairs portfolio on 9 September 2019 by Governor Bala Mohammed. Governor Mohammed dissolved the State Executive Council on 9 June 2021; he was renominated (from Warji LGA) on 17 August 2021 and confirmed on 27 August 2021, and was again Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in November-December 2022. A new cabinet was nominated in July 2023, in which he took Water Resources.
Reviewed 6 Oct 2026
2023
IN THE PUBLIC RECORD
2023
Working lifeReviewed record
Commissioner for Water Resources
Bauchi State Government
Industry
Government
Nominated (from Warji LGA) in July 2023 and inaugurated as Commissioner for Water Resources on 14 August 2023; resigned effective 31 March 2026 to contest the Bauchi Central Senate seat.
Reviewed 6 Oct 2026
2026
IN THE PUBLIC RECORD
2026
Party primaryReviewed record
2027 Senate primary
Allied Peoples Movement · Bauchi Central · Bauchi
Primary result
Won
What this establishes
A party-stage result, not election to public office
Recorded winner
Abdulrazak Nuhu Bature
constituency: Bauchi Central Senatorial District · INEC final list of candidates (Senate), published 2026-09-12 — SN 17, p.18; INEC name: ABDULRAZAK NUHU BATURE; age 58; male; qualification (as declared to INEC): FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE SSCE · APM affirmation: Thursday 28 May 2026 at Bauchi Government House, as 'Nuhu Zaki' (Punch, 29 May 2026); no vote figures or…
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constituency: Bauchi Central Senatorial District · INEC final list of candidates (Senate), published 2026-09-12 — SN 17, p.18; INEC name: ABDULRAZAK NUHU BATURE; age 58; male; qualification (as declared to INEC): FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE SSCE · APM affirmation: Thursday 28 May 2026 at Bauchi Government House, as 'Nuhu Zaki' (Punch, 29 May 2026); no vote figures or opponents reported · Primary: no contested primary reported; the APM state chairman, Auwal Isah, said the party's candidates across the state emerged through consensus, and they were affirmed on 28 May 2026 (election_date = affirmation day). He had resigned as Water Resources commissioner effective 31 March 2026 to run for this seat
Reviewed 6 Oct 2026
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Party membershipReviewed record
Allied Peoples Movement (APM)
Allied Peoples Movement candidate for Bauchi Central on INEC's final list (12 September 2026), affirmed by the APM on 28 May 2026 with Governor Bala Mohammed's slate. His own joining day was not reported: on 22 April 2026 The Nation listed him in the PDP bloc expected to leave with the governor, who announced his move from the PDP to the APM on Saturday 2 May 2026.
An end date is not recorded for this membership.
Reviewed 6 Oct 2026
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Education on record
Declared to INEC (2027 final list): First School Leaving Certificate and Senior School Certificate (SSCE); institutions and years not published.
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Party membershipReviewed record
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
Peoples Democratic Party: House member for Ningi/Warji on the PDP (2011-2015), PDP House candidate for 2015 (primary Dec 2014), PDP chieftain in 2016 and 2018 (aspirant for the 2019 Bauchi Central Senate ticket), commissioner in Governor Bala Mohammed's PDP government 2019-2026. Joining day not found. Exit day not reported: end_date is the latest sourced bound (28 May 2026, when the APM affirmed him); the governor moved from the PDP to the APM on 2 May 2026.
Reviewed 6 Oct 2026
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