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Barata Ahmed Hassan was born on 13 Feb 1960.
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Barata Ahmed Hassan
Senator for Adamawa South Senatorial District, Adamawa State
6 Jun 2011 – 9 Jun 2015
THE PERSON- Senatorial district
- Adamawa South
- State
- Adamawa
- Country
- Nigeria
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Ahmed Hassan Barata (INEC: Barata Ahmed Hassan) is the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate for Adamawa South in the Senate election of 16 January 2027 (INEC final list, 12 September 2026). From Shelleng in Adamawa State, he was born on 13 February 1960 according to the NIBC Who's Who, which lists a diploma from the State Polytechnic, Yola; he declared a first leaving certificate, a Teachers Grade II certificate and an…
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Ahmed Hassan Barata (INEC: Barata Ahmed Hassan) is the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate for Adamawa South in the Senate election of 16 January 2027 (INEC final list, 12 September 2026). From Shelleng in Adamawa State, he was born on 13 February 1960 according to the NIBC Who's Who, which lists a diploma from the State Polytechnic, Yola; he declared a first leaving certificate, a Teachers Grade II certificate and an MBA to INEC. He is a businessman. The same directory lists him as a local council vice-chairman in 1991 and a House of Representatives member in 1992-93. He represented Guyuk/Shelleng Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from 1999 to 2007, and he was chairman of Shelleng Local Government in 2010. He won the PDP primary for Adamawa South for 2011 with 738 votes, ahead of Felix Tangwami and the sitting senator Grace Bent. When Bent claimed she had won a rerun, the Federal High Court in Abuja dismissed her suit. He then won the seat and served as senator from 2011 to 2015, chairing the Senate Committee on Culture and Tourism. He moved between the PDP and the All Progressives Congress (APC) several times. He joined the APC on 14 February 2014 and came fourth in its Adamawa governorship primary of 7 September 2014 with 452 votes. He returned to the PDP on 24 September 2014. On 7 December 2014 he walked out of the PDP senatorial primary, calling it fraudulent. He rejoined the APC on 8 April 2015. In 2022-23 he was Director-General of Aishatu Binani's APC governorship campaign. In March 2023 the APC executives of his Ketembere ward announced his suspension, alleging anti-party activities and the withholding of relief food items; no response from him or ruling by higher party organs was found. By October 2025 he was in the African Democratic Congress (ADC), where he spoke for Binani's bloc in the party's 2026 congress dispute. That bloc moved to the NDC when Binani joined it on 1 May 2026; the date he joined the NDC was not found.
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1960
IN THE PUBLIC RECORD1999
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDElection participationReviewed record
1999 House of Representatives election
Peoples Democratic Party · Guyuk/Shelleng · Adamawa
- Result
- Won
Elected member for Guyuk/Shelleng Federal Constituency on the PDP in 1999 (BLERF; Daily Trust: in the House from 1999). Poll day and votes not found.
ElectedReviewed record
Federal Representative
Guyuk/Shelleng · Adamawa
Took office
Service ended
- Status
- Ended
- Party on this record
- PDP
Recorded periods in this office: 3 Jun 1999 – 3 Jun 2003 (PDP); 3 Jun 2003 – 5 Jun 2007 (PDP).
2003
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDElection participationReviewed record
2003 House of Representatives election
Peoples Democratic Party · Guyuk/Shelleng · Adamawa
- Result
- Won
Re-elected for Guyuk/Shelleng on the PDP (Daily Trust 2010: in the House 1999-2007; Blueprint letter 2014: elected twice). A partisan 2011 letter claims he lost a House election after a 2002 primary - unverified. Poll day and votes not found; Wikipedia says he lost the seat in 2007 to Jim Kwawo Audu (AC), not independently sourced.
2011
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDElection participationReviewed record
2011 Senate election
Peoples Democratic Party · Adamawa South · Adamawa
- Result
- Won
- Recorded winner
- Ahmed Hassan Barata (PDP)
Won Adamawa South for the PDP in the April 2011 Senate election. Poll day and votes not independently sourced (Wikipedia: 101,760 v Mohammed Koiraga Jada, ACN, 66,525).
Party primaryReviewed record
2011 Senate primary
Peoples Democratic Party · Adamawa South · Adamawa
- Primary result
- Won
- What this establishes
- A party-stage result, not election to public office
- Votes
- 738
- Recorded winner
- Ahmed Hassan Barata
PDP primary for Adamawa South: Barata 738, Felix Tangwami 515, incumbent Senator Grace Folasade Bent 406 (eight-person contest; Paschal Bafyau withdrew). Reported by Daily Trust on 16 Jan 2011; The Nation (2 May 2011) calls it "the February 2 primary" - day left blank. Bent claimed a rerun primary; the Federal High Court, Abuja dismissed her suit and affirmed Barata.
ElectedReviewed record
Senator
Adamawa South · Adamawa
- Status
- Ended
- Party on this record
- PDP
Reason recorded for departure: Term end.
2014
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDParty membershipReviewed record
All Progressives Congress (APC)
Joined the APC from the PDP on 14 Feb 2014, saying he wanted to save democracy from dictatorship; came fourth in the APC governorship primary of 7 Sep 2014 and announced his return to the PDP on the Senate floor on 24 Sep 2014.
Party primaryReviewed record
2014 Governorship primary
All Progressives Congress · Adamawa
- Primary result
- Lost
- What this establishes
- A party-stage result, not election to public office
- Votes
- 452
- Recorded winner
- Mohammed Umaru Jibrilla (Bindow)
APC primary for the Adamawa governorship by-election of 11 October 2014, results announced in Yola on Sunday 7 Sep 2014: Jibrilla 2,718, Ibrahim Mijinyawa 2,268, Boss Mustapha 515, Barata 452 (4th), Yakubu Tsalla 147, Emmanuel Bello 50. He returned to the PDP on 24 Sep 2014.
Party membershipReviewed record
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
Rejoined the PDP on 24 Sep 2014 (announced on the Senate floor, no reasons given); walked out of the PDP senatorial primary of 7 Dec 2014; decamped to the APC with Jonathan Zwingina and others at a Yola press conference on Wednesday 8 Apr 2015.
Party primaryReviewed record
2015 Senate primary
Peoples Democratic Party · Adamawa South · Adamawa
- Primary result
- Withdrawn
- What this establishes
- A party-stage result, not election to public office
Sought re-election in the PDP primary held at Eagle Square, Abuja on Sunday night 7 Dec 2014 but left midway, calling it fraudulent and alleging fake delegates replaced those from Lamurde, Demsa and Numan; said he would petition the electoral appeal panel (outcome not found). Winner not verified (Wikipedia: Jonathan Zwingina 274 v Barata 39).
2015
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDParty membershipReviewed record
All Progressives Congress (APC)
Joined the APC on 8 Apr 2015 to back Bindow Jibrilla; said he was still in the APC in Sep 2015; member of the Adamawa APC reconciliation committee (Sep 2019); Director-General of Aishatu Binani's 2023 governorship campaign. Ketembere ward executives (Shelleng LGA) announced his suspension on 31 Mar 2023 (resolution of 27 Mar), alleging anti-party activities in the 18 Mar 2023 election and withholding relief food items; no response or higher-organ ruling found. Exit day not…
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Joined the APC on 8 Apr 2015 to back Bindow Jibrilla; said he was still in the APC in Sep 2015; member of the Adamawa APC reconciliation committee (Sep 2019); Director-General of Aishatu Binani's 2023 governorship campaign. Ketembere ward executives (Shelleng LGA) announced his suspension on 31 Mar 2023 (resolution of 27 Mar), alleging anti-party activities in the 18 Mar 2023 election and withholding relief food items; no response or higher-organ ruling found. Exit day not found: end_date 26 Oct 2025 is an UPPER BOUND (by then an ADC donor).
2019
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDWorking lifeReviewed record
Member, 39-member reconciliation committee
All Progressives Congress (APC), Adamawa State
- Industry
- Politics
Named to the APC's 39-member reconciliation committee for Adamawa in September 2019.
2022
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDWorking lifeReviewed record
Director-General
Binani Campaign Organisation (APC, Adamawa governorship 2023)
- Industry
- Politics
Director-General of Aishatu Ahmed (Binani)'s APC governorship campaign: announced her running mate (30 Jun 2022) and issued statements for her in May 2023 after the disputed 2023 governorship election.
2027
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDParty primaryReviewed record
2027 Senate primary
Nigeria Democratic Congress · Adamawa South · Adamawa
- Primary result
- Won
- What this establishes
- A party-stage result, not election to public office
- Recorded winner
- Barata Ahmed Hassan
constituency: Adamawa South Senatorial District · INEC final list of candidates (Senate), published 2026-09-12 — SN 18, p.6; INEC name: BARATA AHMED HASSAN; age 66; male; qualification (as declared to INEC): FIRST LEAVING CERTIFICATE TEACHERS GRADE 2 MBA · Primary: NDC held its National Assembly primaries nationwide on 29 May 2026 (party statement, Daily Trust 28 May 2026); the…
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constituency: Adamawa South Senatorial District · INEC final list of candidates (Senate), published 2026-09-12 — SN 18, p.6; INEC name: BARATA AHMED HASSAN; age 66; male; qualification (as declared to INEC): FIRST LEAVING CERTIFICATE TEACHERS GRADE 2 MBA · Primary: NDC held its National Assembly primaries nationwide on 29 May 2026 (party statement, Daily Trust 28 May 2026); the Adamawa South result, votes and opponents were not found. He had led Aishatu Binani's bloc in the ADC (April 2026); Binani joined the NDC on 1 May 2026.
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KEPT OUTSIDE THE DATED CHRONOLOGYParty membershipReviewed record
African Democratic Congress (ADC)
In the ADC by 26 Oct 2025 (donated to the Binani-faction state executive); with Atiku when he registered on 24 Nov 2025; spoke for the Binani bloc in the April 2026 congress dispute. Joining and leaving days not found: end_date 12 Sep 2026 is an UPPER BOUND (INEC lists him as the NDC candidate).
Working lifeReviewed record
Chairman
Shelleng Local Government Council
- Industry
- Local government
Chairman of Shelleng Local Government, Adamawa State, in December 2010 while seeking the PDP Senate ticket. Years in office not found.
Education from the profileProfile record
Education on record
Declared to INEC (2027 Senate final list): First Leaving Certificate, Teachers Grade II certificate and an MBA; the NIBC Who's Who (via BLERF) lists a diploma from the State Polytechnic, Yola. Institutions and years for the Grade II certificate and the MBA were not found.
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Party membershipReviewed record
Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC)
NDC candidate for Adamawa South Senatorial District on INEC's final list (12 September 2026); date joined not found (Aishatu Binani, whose ADC bloc he led, joined the NDC on 1 May 2026).
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Party membershipReviewed record
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
PDP member when elected to the House for Guyuk/Shelleng in 1999 and 2003, as Shelleng LGA chairman (2010) and when elected senator in 2011; defected to the APC, announced in an APC senate caucus statement on Friday 14 Feb 2014. Joining date not found.
Committee & oversightReviewed record
Senate Committee on Culture and Tourism
Chair · Senate
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