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Garba Dahiru

2027 senate primary

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Garba DahiruTHE PERSON
Senatorial district
Bauchi South
State
Bauchi
Country
Nigeria
Party recorded for this electionAfrican Democratic CongressADC

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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…

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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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2027 Senate primary

African Democratic Congress · Bauchi South · Bauchi

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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…

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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.

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African Democratic Congress candidate for Bauchi South on INEC's final list (12 September 2026); date joined not found

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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.

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