11 Jun 2019 – 13 Jun 2023
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Yakubu Shehu Abdullahi, known in Bauchi politics by his traditional title Wakilin Birni (printed surname-first by INEC as SHEHU YAKUBU ABDULLAHI), is the All Progressives Congress (APC) 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 51-year-old man whose declared qualifications are the First School Leaving Certificate, a WAEC…
Yakubu Shehu Abdullahi, known in Bauchi politics by his traditional title Wakilin Birni (printed surname-first by INEC as SHEHU YAKUBU ABDULLAHI), is the All Progressives Congress (APC) 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 51-year-old man whose declared qualifications are the First School Leaving Certificate, a WAEC certificate and a degree certificate. He has described a rice mill in Bauchi as his property. He won the Bauchi constituency seat in the Bauchi State House of Assembly on the APC in 2015. After losing the APC House of Representatives primary of 4 October 2018 he joined the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), blaming then-Governor Mohammed Abubakar for forcing him out, and on 23 February 2019 won Bauchi Federal Constituency, beating the PDP's Aliyu Aminu Garu and the governor's adviser Sabo Mohammed. He served in the 9th House (2019-2023) and allied with Speaker Yakubu Dogara. In December 2020 the Bauchi PRP disowned his appearance at an APC by-election rally in Dass and suspended him for 12 months; his defection to the APC was read on the House floor on 16 February 2021. In May 2021 the Bauchi Emirate Council suspended him indefinitely as Wakilin Birnin Bauchi for alleged disrespect at the Sallah homage; he said Governor Bala Mohammed was behind it. In 2021 he also filed a criminal defamation complaint against a football coach, and in October 2021 the state government demolished a building of his in Bauchi, saying the property was improperly acquired; he said he bought it lawfully, called it victimisation and had sued the government (outcomes not found). In mid-2022 he moved to the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and claimed its Bauchi South Senate ticket, but its primary of 5 June 2022 went to Senator Lawal Yahaya Gumau (230 votes to none for him); he called it a charade. In June 2022 a complaint he made to the police over a WikkiTimes report on the death of APC chairman Hussaini Musa Gwaba led to the arrest and prosecution of the outlet's publisher and a reporter; the case was later dismissed, according to The ICIR. Back in the APC by March 2023 as a member of its governorship campaign council, he was declared wanted by the Bauchi police on 14 March 2023, with a N1 million bounty, for alleged conspiracy, grievous hurt, disturbance of public peace and culpable homicide over the 8 March 2023 violence at an APC rally in Duguri in which one person died. He denied the allegations and blamed Governor Bala Mohammed; Dogara accused the police of colluding with the state government. No arrest, charge or court case was found in public sources up to October 2026. He won the APC's Bauchi South senatorial primary with 25,762 votes against four other aspirants (result announced 18 May 2026), ahead of Brig.-Gen. Abubakar Suleiman Maikano (retd, 6,870) and Shehu Aliyu Musa (INEC: Musa Shehu Aliyu; 6,648 per Daily Post, 6,448 per Leadership); aspirant Abdulmumini Kundak alleged irregularities. His opponents for the seat include Governor Bala Mohammed (APM), Danjuma Adamu Dabo (PDP) and Musa Shehu Aliyu (PRP).
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All Progressives Congress · Bauchi
Won the Bauchi State House of Assembly election on the APC in 2015 (Daily Trust 2023); Daily Trust (Mar 2019) names his seat as Bauchi constituency. Poll day and votes not found.
Bauchi State House of Assembly
Elected on the APC in 2015; still the member in March 2019 when he won the House of Representatives seat on the PRP. Stored as a career because no inauguration day was sourced.
All Progressives Congress · Bauchi
APC House of Representatives primaries in Bauchi held 4 October 2018 (Daily Trust that day: nine Assembly members, including him, sought House tickets). He lost the Bauchi Federal Constituency ticket - he later said Governor Mohammed Abubakar forced him out of the APC after the primaries - and by 2 December 2018 had joined the PRP. Winner and votes not found.
Peoples Redemption Party · Bauchi
Poll held Saturday 23 February 2019 (National Assembly elections). Won Bauchi Federal Constituency on the PRP after losing the APC ticket; defeated the PDP's Aliyu Aminu Garu and Comrade Sabo Mohammed (a special adviser to Governor Mohammed Abubakar, i.e. the governor's candidate) among others. He told Daily Trust (27 Feb 2019) the campaign was marked by persecution and…
Poll held Saturday 23 February 2019 (National Assembly elections). Won Bauchi Federal Constituency on the PRP after losing the APC ticket; defeated the PDP's Aliyu Aminu Garu and Comrade Sabo Mohammed (a special adviser to Governor Mohammed Abubakar, i.e. the governor's candidate) among others. He told Daily Trust (27 Feb 2019) the campaign was marked by persecution and intimidation. Daily Trust (30 Mar 2019) calls the seat 'Bauchi/Katagum'. Vote figures not found.
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New Nigeria Peoples Party · Bauchi South · Bauchi
NNPP Bauchi South senatorial primary held Sunday night, 5 June 2022, in Bauchi: Senator Lawal Yahaya Gumau 230, 'Shehu Abdullahi' 0 (231 delegates accredited; NAN via Peoples Gazette). He rejected the result, called it a charade, said the NNPP national leadership had given him an automatic ticket and that he was not aware of the primary, and insisted he remained the candidate…
NNPP Bauchi South senatorial primary held Sunday night, 5 June 2022, in Bauchi: Senator Lawal Yahaya Gumau 230, 'Shehu Abdullahi' 0 (231 delegates accredited; NAN via Peoples Gazette). He rejected the result, called it a charade, said the NNPP national leadership had given him an automatic ticket and that he was not aware of the primary, and insisted he remained the candidate (Tribune, 6 Jun 2022). Gumau was the NNPP candidate. He had not been among the five contestants in the APC Bauchi South primary of 29-30 May 2022 (won by Shehu Buba Umar).
APC Bauchi State governorship campaign council (Air Marshal Sadique Baba Abubakar), 2023
Reported on 14 Mar 2023 as a member of the campaign council of the APC governorship candidate for the 18 Mar 2023 election. Appointment date not found.
All Progressives Congress · Bauchi South · Bauchi
constituency: Bauchi South Senatorial District · also listed as: Shehu Yakubu Abdullahi, Yakubu Shehu Abdullahi, Yakubu Shehu, Yakubu Abdullahi · INEC final list of candidates (Senate), published 2026-09-12 — SN 5, p.17; INEC name: SHEHU YAKUBU ABDULLAHI; age 51; male; qualification (as declared to INEC): FLSC WAEC CERTIFICATE DEGREE CERTIFICATE · Primary: APC direct primary,…
constituency: Bauchi South Senatorial District · also listed as: Shehu Yakubu Abdullahi, Yakubu Shehu Abdullahi, Yakubu Shehu, Yakubu Abdullahi · INEC final list of candidates (Senate), published 2026-09-12 — SN 5, p.17; INEC name: SHEHU YAKUBU ABDULLAHI; age 51; male; qualification (as declared to INEC): FLSC WAEC CERTIFICATE DEGREE CERTIFICATE · Primary: APC direct primary, Bauchi South; result announced Monday 18 May 2026 in Bauchi by committee chairman Brig. Gen. Saidu Abdulhameed (retd). Yakubu Abdullahi Shehu 25,762; Brig. Gen. Abubakar Suleiman Maikano (retd) 6,870; Shehu Aliyu (Dass) 6,448 (Daily Post: 6,648); Ibrahim (Ali) Usman 4,922; Abdulmumini Kundak 4,125 (Daily Post: 4,975). Kundak alleged irregularities on 19 May 2026 and asked the APC national leadership to investigate, while staying in the party. Poll day not stated.
APC candidate for Bauchi South on INEC's final list (12 Sep 2026). Earlier APC spells: won his 2015 Assembly seat on the APC and left after the 4 Oct 2018 House primary; rejoined from the PRP on 16 Feb 2021; moved to the NNPP in mid-2022. He was back with the APC by 14 Mar 2023 as a member of its Bauchi governorship campaign council (Daily Trust); exact return date not found.
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Declared to INEC (2027 final list): First School Leaving Certificate (printed "FLSC"), WAEC certificate and a degree certificate; institutions, subject and years not published.
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Left the APC for the New Nigeria Peoples Party in mid-2022 (reported as a recent defection on 6 Jun 2022; exact date not found) and claimed its Bauchi South Senate ticket, which went to Lawal Yahaya Gumau. end_date is an upper bound: by 14 Mar 2023 Daily Trust reported him as a member of the APC governorship campaign council; the date he left the NNPP was not found.
Rice mill, Bauchi (name not reported)
His 2021 criminal defamation complaint describes a rice mill in Bauchi as his property, sited on land he said he acquired legally. Business name and dates not found.
Joined the PRP after losing the APC House primary of 4 Oct 2018 (he confirmed the move to Daily Trust by 2 Dec 2018; exact join date not found) and won Bauchi Federal Constituency on it in Feb 2019. On 3 Dec 2020 the Bauchi PRP disowned his appearance at an APC rally in Dass before the 5 Dec 2020 Assembly by-election; it suspended him for 12 months over alleged anti-party activities on 24 Dec 2020. His defection to the APC was read in the House on 16 Feb 2021.
Suspended indefinitely by the Emirate Council in a letter dated 16 May 2021 for alleged disrespect to the Emir at the Sallah homage; he said the suspension was politically motivated. Year conferred and any restoration not found.
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