2027 · GubernatorialADC
Manir Muhammad Dan'iya & Bello Ambarura Isah
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- Sokoto
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Bello Ambarura Isah
Federal representative for Gwadabawa/Illela Federal Constituency, Sokoto State
This term: 13 Jun 2023–present
THE PERSON- Federal constituency
- Gwadabawa/Illela
- State
- Sokoto
- Country
- Nigeria
Current party · membership recordAfrican Democratic CongressADCHow to reach
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Bello Isah Ambarura (INEC: Isah Bello Ambarura; the database name is Bello Ambarura Isah) is the African Democratic Congress (ADC) deputy governorship candidate in Sokoto State, running mate to Manir Muhammad Dan'iya, for the election of 6 February 2027 (INEC final list, 10 October 2026). He is the member of the House of Representatives for Gwadabawa/Illela Federal Constituency, elected on the All Progressives Congress (APC)…
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Bello Isah Ambarura (INEC: Isah Bello Ambarura; the database name is Bello Ambarura Isah) is the African Democratic Congress (ADC) deputy governorship candidate in Sokoto State, running mate to Manir Muhammad Dan'iya, for the election of 6 February 2027 (INEC final list, 10 October 2026). He is the member of the House of Representatives for Gwadabawa/Illela Federal Constituency, elected on the All Progressives Congress (APC) platform in the 25 February 2023 election after a 15 April 2023 supplementary poll, and sitting since 13 June 2023. Before that he was Commissioner for Commerce, Industries, Trade and Investment in Governor Aminu Tambuwal's cabinet: sworn in shortly before 5 February 2018 and out when the cabinet was dissolved on 4 July 2018. He was elected to the Sokoto State House of Assembly for Illela in 2019 on the APC ticket and sat in the ninth Assembly (inaugurated 11 June 2019) until moving to the National Assembly; the ADC says he rose through the state civil service to Permanent Secretary and was the Assembly's Majority Leader, claims that rest on its own statement. A longtime APC member by one report, he defected to the ADC in April 2026: The Northern Star reported it on 21 April 2026 and his letter was read on the floor of the House, reported on 29 April 2026. The ADC announced him as Dan'iya's running mate in a statement of 20 July 2026.
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2018
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDWorking lifeReviewed record
Commissioner, Commerce, Industries, Trade and Investment
Sokoto State Government
- Industry
- Government
Sworn in shortly before 5 February 2018, when Governor Tambuwal assigned him the Commerce, Industries, Trade and Investment portfolio; listed again when the Executive Council was dissolved on 4 July 2018.
2019
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDElection participationReviewed record
2019 State Assembly election
All Progressives Congress · Illela · Sokoto
- Result
- Won
Listed as the APC member-elect for Illela in Daily Post's list of the 30-member Sokoto Assembly (29 March 2019; the report says the Assembly polls were held the same day as the governorship election, 9 March). Votes not found. APC won 16 seats to the PDP's 14 and its candidate was elected Speaker on 11 June 2019 with 16 votes to 13; the ADC statement of 20 July 2026 says he was…
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Listed as the APC member-elect for Illela in Daily Post's list of the 30-member Sokoto Assembly (29 March 2019; the report says the Assembly polls were held the same day as the governorship election, 9 March). Votes not found. APC won 16 seats to the PDP's 14 and its candidate was elected Speaker on 11 June 2019 with 16 votes to 13; the ADC statement of 20 July 2026 says he was Majority Leader until 2023 (party claim only).
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State House of Assembly Member
Illela · Sokoto
- Status
- Ended
- Party on this record
- APC
Reason recorded for departure: Term end.
2023
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDElection participationReviewed record
2023 House of Representatives election
All Progressives Congress · Gwadabawa/Illela · Sokoto
- Result
- Won
INEC listed him (age 57) as the APC candidate for Illela/Gwadabawa. The 25 February 2023 poll was declared inconclusive (Daily Trust, 28 Feb 2023); after the 15 April 2023 supplementary polls Leadership (17 April 2023) lists him among Sokoto's elected APC Reps. Votes and margin not found; no petition against him was found.
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Federal Representative
Gwadabawa/Illela · Sokoto
- Status
- Current term
- Party on this record
- ADC
- Term
- 10th National Assembly
2026
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDParty membershipReviewed record
African Democratic Congress (ADC)
Defected from the APC to the ADC (The Northern Star, 21 April 2026); the letter was read on the floor of the House, reported 29 April 2026. ADC deputy governorship candidate in Sokoto on INEC's final list (10 October 2026), named 20 July 2026.
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2027
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDElection participationReviewed record
2027 Deputy-governorship election
African Democratic Congress · Sokoto
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INEC final list of candidates (Governorship, Sokoto State), published 2026-10-10 — SN 3; INEC name: ISAH BELLO AMBARURA; age 62; male; qualification (as declared to INEC): PRIMARY LEAVING CERTIFICATE GRADE II B.Sc; governorship candidate: Manir Muhammad Dan'iya · Named by the ADC as running mate to governorship candidate Manir Muhammad Dan'iya in a party statement of Monday 20…
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INEC final list of candidates (Governorship, Sokoto State), published 2026-10-10 — SN 3; INEC name: ISAH BELLO AMBARURA; age 62; male; qualification (as declared to INEC): PRIMARY LEAVING CERTIFICATE GRADE II B.Sc; governorship candidate: Manir Muhammad Dan'iya · Named by the ADC as running mate to governorship candidate Manir Muhammad Dan'iya in a party statement of Monday 20 July 2026 (signed by the state publicity secretary; Section 187(1) of the Constitution cited), after the ADC governorship primary of May 2026; he was then the sitting Rep for Illela/Gwadabawa (Daily Post, Punch 21 Jul 2026; Daily Trust 22 Jul 2026). INEC name ISAH BELLO AMBARURA checked on the rendered PDF: his qualification cell (PRIMARY LEAVING CERTIFICATE GRADE II B.Sc) is in his own row, no mix-up with the governorship candidate's. INEC followed.
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Declared to INEC: primary school leaving certificate, WASC and B.Sc Sociology (2023 list); the 2026 list reads primary leaving certificate, Grade II and B.Sc. Institutions not found.
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