Isah Hamma Misau (listed by INEC as Misau Isah Hamma) is the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Bauchi Central Senatorial District in the Senate election of 16 January 2027 (INEC final list, 12 September 2026; age 52; FSLC, SSCE and BSc declared). The son of a retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police, he served in the Nigeria Police Force, including as aide-de-camp to FCT ministers, and retired as a Deputy…
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Isah Hamma Misau (listed by INEC as Misau Isah Hamma) is the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Bauchi Central Senatorial District in the Senate election of 16 January 2027 (INEC final list, 12 September 2026; age 52; FSLC, SSCE and BSc declared). The son of a retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police, he served in the Nigeria Police Force, including as aide-de-camp to FCT ministers, and retired as a Deputy Superintendent of Police; the Police Service Commission dates his retirement from 1 December 2010.
Elected on the APC, he represented Bauchi Central in the 8th Senate (2015-2019) and chaired the Senate Committee on Navy. From 25 August 2017 he accused Inspector-General of Police Ibrahim Idris of collecting about N10bn a month for police guards without remitting it, selling postings and promotions, ethnic favouritism and affairs with policewomen. The police called the claims false and him a deserter with a forged retirement letter; the Police Service Commission found the letter genuine (6 September 2017). The Senate set up an ad hoc committee on 4 October 2017; the IGP appeared on 8 November 2017 but declined to answer, citing pending cases, and the committee never reported. The Attorney-General filed two criminal cases against him on 10 October 2017 - injurious falsehood (FCT High Court) and false age documents allegedly submitted to INEC (Federal High Court) - and the IGP sued him for N5bn for defamation. He pleaded not guilty, said he was being persecuted for telling the truth, and no conviction or judgment in any of the three cases has been reported; the last reported hearings were in 2018.
His defection from the APC to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was announced in the Senate on 24 July 2018. Unopposed in the PDP primary, he came third in the Bauchi Central election of 23 February 2019 with 57,069 votes; Halliru Jika (APC) won. In July 2019 Governor Bala Mohammed named him chairman of a committee to recover government property and funds. In August 2019 the ICPC said six tractors from his 2015 constituency project had not reached farmers and seized them; no charge followed. He rejoined the APC on 18 September 2020, lost its May 2022 primary to Uba Ahmed Nana (75 votes to 238), and ran in February 2023 for the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), polling 17,995 votes as Abdul Ningi (PDP) won. Back in the APC, he is its 2027 candidate; details of the 2026 APC primary were not found.
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2010
IN THE PUBLIC RECORD
2010
Working lifeReviewed record
Police officer
Nigeria Police Force
Industry
Law enforcement
Employment
Employee
Police officer; retired as a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP). He was aide-de-camp (ADC) to FCT ministers Aliyu Modibbo Umar and Adamu Aliero and, in 2010, stayed on for months as ADC to the new minister Bala Mohammed (ICIR, Sep 2017). The Police Service Commission said in Sep 2017 that his retirement letter (Ref. PSC 1034 Vol.8/244), issued 4 Mar 2014, was genuine and…
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Police officer; retired as a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP). He was aide-de-camp (ADC) to FCT ministers Aliyu Modibbo Umar and Adamu Aliero and, in 2010, stayed on for months as ADC to the new minister Bala Mohammed (ICIR, Sep 2017). The Police Service Commission said in Sep 2017 that his retirement letter (Ref. PSC 1034 Vol.8/244), issued 4 Mar 2014, was genuine and took effect from 1 Dec 2010; the police under IGP Ibrahim Idris called him a deserter and alleged the letter was forged (see legal records). He said in 2019 he served more than seven years as a superior police officer. Year he joined not found.
Reviewed 6 Oct 2026
2015
IN THE PUBLIC RECORD
2015
ElectedReviewed record
Senator
Bauchi Central · Bauchi
Status
Ended
Party on this record
APC
Reason recorded for departure: Term end.
Reviewed 6 Oct 2026
2018
IN THE PUBLIC RECORD
2018
Party primaryReviewed record
2018 Senate primary
Peoples Democratic Party · Bauchi Central · Bauchi
Primary result
Won
What this establishes
A party-stage result, not election to public office
PDP primary for the 2019 Bauchi Central Senate race; returned unopposed and affirmed by voice vote (results announced in Bauchi by panel chairman Wilson Iorshe; reported 3 Oct 2018, primary day not stated). He then lost the 23 Feb 2019 general election.
Reviewed 6 Oct 2026
2018
Party membershipReviewed record
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
Elected senator on the APC in 2015; his defection from the APC to the PDP was announced on the Senate floor on Tuesday 24 July 2018 with 14 other senators; PDP Bauchi Central candidate (unopposed primary, reported 3 Oct 2018) in Feb 2019; rejoined the APC on Friday 18 Sep 2020 at a meeting with caretaker chairman Mai Mala Buni.
Reviewed 6 Oct 2026
2019
IN THE PUBLIC RECORD
2019
Working lifeReviewed record
Chairman
Bauchi State Government — Committee on Recovery of Government Property and Funds
Industry
Government
Chaired the committee Governor Bala Mohammed set up (announced 10-11 Jul 2019) to recover government property and funds allegedly taken under the previous administration and to review land allocations of May 2017 - May 2019. He was still described as chairman of the administration's panel of enquiry when he left the PDP on 18 Sep 2020. End date not found.
Reviewed 6 Oct 2026
2019
Election participationReviewed record
2019 Senate election
Peoples Democratic Party · Bauchi Central · Bauchi
Result
Lost
Votes
57,069
Recorded winner
Halliru Jika (APC)
Third of three reported candidates: Halliru Jika (APC) 120,871, Bappah Aliyu (PRP) 66,024, 'Alhaji Isa Hamma' (PDP) 57,069 (NAN via Daily Post, 25 Feb 2019; poll on Saturday 23 Feb). He was the sitting senator, having left the APC for the PDP in 2018. He said in March 2019 he had gone to court against the result; outcome not found.
Reviewed 6 Oct 2026
2022
IN THE PUBLIC RECORD
2022
Party primaryReviewed record
2022 Senate primary
All Progressives Congress · Bauchi Central · Bauchi
Primary result
Lost
What this establishes
A party-stage result, not election to public office
Votes
75
Recorded winner
Uba Ahmed Nana
APC primary for the 2023 Bauchi Central Senate race, reported 30-31 May 2022: Uba Ahmed Nana 238, Isah Hamma Misau 75, Abubakar Shehu 18 (delegate votes). Primary day not stated in the reports.
Reviewed 6 Oct 2026
2023
IN THE PUBLIC RECORD
2023
Election participationReviewed record
2023 Senate election
New Nigeria Peoples Party · Bauchi Central · Bauchi
Result
Lost
Votes
17,995
Recorded winner
Abdul Ningi (PDP)
NNPP candidate. Abdul Ningi (PDP) 104,878, Uba Ahmad-Nana (APC) 84,621, Isah Hamma Misau (NNPP) 17,995; result announced Monday 27 Feb 2023 at Darazo (NAN via Daily Post). Poll day not stated in the report.
Reviewed 6 Oct 2026
2027
IN THE PUBLIC RECORD
2027
Party primaryReviewed record
2027 Senate primary
All Progressives Congress · Bauchi Central · Bauchi
Primary result
Won
What this establishes
A party-stage result, not election to public office
Recorded winner
Misau Isah Hamma
constituency: Bauchi Central Senatorial District · INEC final list of candidates (Senate), published 2026-09-12 — SN 16, p.18; INEC name: MISAU ISAH HAMMA; age 52; male; qualification (as declared to INEC): FLSC SSCE BSc
Reviewed 6 Oct 2026
Dates not recorded
KEPT OUTSIDE THE DATED CHRONOLOGY
Party membershipReviewed record
All Progressives Congress (APC)
APC candidate for Bauchi Central on INEC's final list (12 September 2026); date of his latest return to the APC not found. Earlier APC spells: elected senator on the APC in 2015 (left for PDP 2018); rejoined 18 Sep 2020 and lost the May 2022 APC primary; NNPP Senate candidate in Feb 2023.
An end date is not recorded for this membership.
Reviewed 6 Oct 2026
Education from the profileProfile record
Education on record
Declared to INEC (2027 final list): First School Leaving Certificate (FSLC, printed "FLSC"), Senior School Certificate (SSCE) and a BSc. His 8th-Senate National Assembly profile (as reported by The ICIR, Sep 2017) listed a Business Administration degree from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, with a graduation year (1977) that is impossible for his age, and a Master's in Law (2010) not declared to INEC; schools and verified years not found.
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Committee & oversightReviewed record
Senate Committee on Navy
Chair · Senate
The end of this committee role is not recorded.
Reviewed 6 Oct 2026
Committee & oversightReviewed record
Senate Committee on Police Affairs
Member · Senate
The end of this committee role is not recorded.
Reviewed 6 Oct 2026
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