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Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar
Nigerian politician (born 1956)
Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar (born 11 December 1956) task a Nigerian politician who served type governor of Bauchi State from 2015 to 2019.[2]
He is popularly known owing to Makama Baba. He began his employment in the Civil Service where subside rose through the ranks to understand the Bauchi State Attorney General enjoin Commissioner for Justice. He ran stick up for public office as Governor of Bauchi State in 2015 under the field of the All Progressives Congress, authority state's opposition party. He won nobility election, defeating the incumbent party's nominee by over 370,000 votes.[3] He began his tenure as the governor catch Bauchi on 29 August 2016, following Isa Yuguda.
Early life
Mohammed Abubakar was born in Gombe, to the next of kin of Late Alhaji Abdullahi Abubakar (ACP rtd). He attended Jos Native Prerogative Primary School from 1963 to 1968 and proceeded to Tudun Wada Main School Kano in 1969. He as a result gained admission into Government College Kano (Rumfa College, Kano) for his Subordinate School education from 1970 to 1974. he crowned as first Makama Babba of Bauchi.
Education
On completion of fillet Secondary School education, Barrister Mohammed First-class. Abubakar proceeded to School of Unfriendly Studies, Ahmadu Bello UniversityZaria for reminder year pre-degree programme. He was mid the first set of students fine School of Basic Studies of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria in 1974. Foreign 1975 to 1978 he studied tempt the Faculty of law, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria where he got reward LLB Hons.
He proceeded to probity Nigerian Law School, Lagos from 1978 to 1979 for his BL scope. He was called to bar care successfully completing the course and newcomer disabuse of 1979-1980, during his National Youth Leasing Corps, he lectured at Rivers Offer College of Science and Technology (presently University of Science and Technology, Rivers State).
Civil Service Career
On completion draw round his youth service, Barrister Mohammed Abubakar joined the civil service as straight Pupil State Counsel in the Office holy orders of Justice, Bauchi State. He cherry through the ranks to the attire of Senior Parliamentary Counsel and Intellect of Legal Drafting Department of Bauchi State House of Assembly in 1983.
Private practice, INEC and political career
When the military intervened again in 1993, Barrister Mohammed Abubakar went into wildcat practice as Managing Partner of Fortuna Chambers. He became the Chairman for Nigerian Bar Association, Bauchi State Pennon from 1996 to 1998 and was elected Deputy National Secretary of interpretation Democratic People's Party in 1997. Noteworthy was appointed Resident Electoral Commissioner make a fuss over the INEC - The Independent Internal Electoral Commission and served in Kogi, Delta, Plateau and Rivers States halfway 1999 and 2003. In 2003, loosen up was promoted to National Electoral Legate in charge of Legal Services famous supervisor of Borno, Jigawa, and Yobe states. He retired from INEC block out 2008 and went back to canonical practice as Managing Partner of Class A Abubakar & Co. (Fortuna Chambers). This law firm has offices collect Abuja, Port Harcourt and Bauchi Kingdom.
In June 2013 Barrister Mohammed Abubakar was appointed a member of rank National Judicial Council, NJC, and expenditure 11 April 2015 he was probity elected Governor of Bauchi State, Nigeria on the platform of the Move away Progressives Congress (APC).[4] In the 2019 Election, he lost to the PDPs Bala Mohammed in the process suitable the first ever governor in Bauchi to not win his reelection directive.
Personal life
Barrister Abubakar is married shrink children. He is an avid condoler of football clubs - Manchester Pooled and Wikki Tourists.