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Kebbi State">Governor of Kebbi State</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />2 April 2012 – 29 May 2015</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Aminu Musa Habib Jega <small>(acting)</small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Abubakar_Atiku_Bagudu" title="Abubakar Atiku Bagudu">Abubakar Atiku Bagudu</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />29 May 2007 – 24 February 2012</td><link 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title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)">People's Democratic Party</a> (PDP)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Asmau Dakingari</li> <li>Zubaidah Dakingari</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zainab_Usman_Sa%E2%80%99idu_Dakingari" class="mw-redirect" title="Zainab Usman Sa’idu Dakingari">Zainab Yar'Adua</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Usman Sa'idu Nasamu Dakingari</b> (born 13 September 1959) is a <a href="/wiki/Nigerian" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian">Nigerian</a> <a href="/wiki/Politician" title="Politician">politician</a> who served as governor of <a href="/wiki/Kebbi_State" title="Kebbi State">Kebbi State</a> from 2007 to 2015. He was elected governor in April 2007, taking office on 29 May 2007. He is a member of the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)">People's Democratic Party</a> (PDP).<sup id="cite_ref-self_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-self-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was reelected on 26 April 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-Tribune20110428_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tribune20110428-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, on 24 February 2012, the Supreme Court upheld a ruling by the Kebbi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal that nullified his election, and ordered a fresh election within 90 days.<sup id="cite_ref-Chiedozie20120225_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chiedozie20120225-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was elected again on 31 March 2012 and took office on 2 April.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Usman_Sa%27idu_Nasamu_Dakingari&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Sa'idu Usman Nasamu Dakin Gari</b> of Kebbi State was born on 13 September 1959 in Dakin Gari. He attended the Sokoto State College of Arts & Science (1979–1981), and at <a href="/wiki/Ahmadu_Bello_University" title="Ahmadu Bello University">Ahmadu Bello University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zaria" title="Zaria">Zaria</a> (1980–1984), earning a B.A. in Geography. He did his <a href="/wiki/National_Youth_Service_Corps" title="National Youth Service Corps">National Service</a> in Ondo State, then worked as a Town Planning Officer at the Sokoto State Ministry of Works and Housing (1985–1989). In 1989, he joined the Nigerian Customs Service as Superintendent of Customs.<sup id="cite_ref-self_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-self-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He is married to three wives: Asmau, Zubaidah and Zainab, the last a daughter of President <a href="/wiki/Umaru_Yar%27Adua" class="mw-redirect" title="Umaru Yar'Adua">Umaru Yar'Adua</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has three children: Maryam, Musa and Umar.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governor_of_Kebbi_State">Governor of Kebbi State</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Usman_Sa%27idu_Nasamu_Dakingari&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Governor of Kebbi State"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NigeriaKebbi.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/NigeriaKebbi.png/200px-NigeriaKebbi.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/NigeriaKebbi.png/300px-NigeriaKebbi.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/NigeriaKebbi.png/400px-NigeriaKebbi.png 2x" data-file-width="1869" data-file-height="1658" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Kebbi_State" title="Kebbi State">Kebbi State</a> in <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a></figcaption></figure> <p>After leaving the Customs service, Dakingari successfully contested the governorship of Kebbi State in April 2007 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).<sup id="cite_ref-self_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-self-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dakingari was reelected on 26 April 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-Tribune20110428_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tribune20110428-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 18 May 2011, his opponent from the <a href="/wiki/Congress_for_Progressive_Change" title="Congress for Progressive Change">Congress for Progressive Change</a> (CPC), Malam Abubakar Abubakar, challenged the election on grounds of irregularities.<sup id="cite_ref-trust20120225_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trust20120225-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Kebbi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal subsequently nullified the election and ordered a fresh election.<sup id="cite_ref-Chiedozie20120225_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chiedozie20120225-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A Court of Appeal in <a href="/wiki/Sokoto" title="Sokoto">Sokoto</a> overturned the nullification on 29 December 2011, but did not give a reason for its decision until 23 January 2012, more than 60 days after the hearing. On 24 February 2012, the Supreme Court of Nigeria threw out the Court of Appeal's judgement due to the delay, declared the election annulled and ordered a fresh election within 90 days. Aminu Musa Habib Jega, speaker of the Kebbi State House of Assembly, was made Acting Governor in his place.<sup id="cite_ref-trust20120225_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trust20120225-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Usman_Sa%27idu_Nasamu_Dakingari&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Kebbi_State" title="List of governors of Kebbi State">List of governors of Kebbi State </a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Usman_Sa%27idu_Nasamu_Dakingari&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-self-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-self_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-self_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-self_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nggovernorsforum.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=43&Itemid=">"Governor Sa'idu Usman Nasamu Dakin Gari of Kebbi State"</a>. 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title="Kashim Shettima">Kashim Shettima</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cross_River_State" title="Cross River State">Cross River</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Liyel_Imoke" title="Liyel Imoke">Liyel Imoke</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;width:10em;"><div> <div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Delta_State" title="Delta State">Delta</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Emmanuel_Uduaghan" title="Emmanuel Uduaghan">Emmanuel Uduaghan</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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