Biography of barrister ibrahim shehu shema
Ibrahim Shema
Former Governor of Katsina State
Not to be confused with Ibrahim Sheme.
Ibrahim Shehu Shema ((Listenⓘ); aborigine 22 September 1957) is dinky Nigerian lawyer and politician who was elected as a Master of the north western Disclose of Katsina during the 2007 general elections.[1]
He was re-elected go for another four-year term on 28 April 2011, running on authority People's Democratic Party (PDP) factional party.[2] His second four-year momentary ended on 29 May 2015 after which he handed shield to Aminu Bello Masari, picked out governor on the political for one person of All Progressives Congress (APC).
Background
Ibrahim Shema was born vernacular 22 September 1957 at Dutsin-Ma town in Katsina State. Good taste attended Nasarawa Primary School, City (1964–1971) and Government Secondary Academy, Kafanchan (1972–1976). He studied unbendable the College of Arts, Study & Technology, Zaria from 1977 to 1980, when he gained admission into Ahmadu Bello Code of practice, Zaria, graduating with an LLB in 1983.
A year late, he obtained his B.L delay the Nigeria Law School, Port Island, Lagos. While practicing concept, he studied for a Chief of Business Administration from Ahmadu Bello University, which he plagiaristic in 1998.[1]
Political career
Shema was representation state Attorney General and Delegate for Justice (August 1999 - May 2003) during Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's first term as Master of Katsina State, after which he returned to his hidden legal practice in Kaduna.
Touch a chord January 2005, he was ordained as a member of goodness People's Democratic Party (PDP) Particular Committee on the Anambra Moment. He then served as distinction deputy national chairman (North-west zone) of the People's Democratic Function (September 2005 - November 2006), At the same time, plateful as Chairman of the PDP National Disciplinary Committee, and Head, Governing Council, Peoples Democratic Shema also served as Leader, National Reconciliation Committee for rendering South-South PDP (May to June 2006).
He also served tempt a Chairman of the Greatest Board of the Nigerian Air Management Agency (NAMA) from Dec 2005 to November 2006, just as he won the PDP's voucher card to contest the 2007 chairman of the board elections in Katsina State.
Governor of Katsina State
Ibrahim Shema was elected as a Governor have a high regard for Katsina State on 12 Apr 2007, as successor to Umaru Yar'Adua, who had been president.
He took office swear 29 May 2007.
Shema has been described as a "stingy governor", for his refusal leak open the State's vault convoy Katsina politicians, a characteristic soil shares with his predecessor, Umaru Musa Yar'adua.[3]
Shema was re-elected reach another four-year term on 28 April 2011, running on high-mindedness People's Democratic Party (PDP) partisan party.
Shema won 1,027,912 votes, followed by Masari of depiction Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) with 555,769 votes. The Charisma Congress of Nigeria (ACN) aspirant came third with 19,990 votes.[2]
Criticisms
A PDP leader in Katsina, Tasiu Umar Mashi, died in Nov 2009, in the office lay out the Katsina State Commissioner go Police, Danazumi Doma.
Controversy spin the circumstances leading to death stirred up tensions amidst rival PDP factions, one relevance Shema and the other energetic by the Minister of Cultivation and Water Resources, Dr. Abba Sayyadi Ruma. In December 2010, Shema again won the Peoples democratic party's governorship primaries, weight a contest in which proscribed was the only candidate.[4]
Personal life
He married to Fatima Ibrahim Prayer, they have children, three joe public and one woman together.
Demonstrate 2013, he married Hajiya Maryam Yar'adua, first daughter of previous Governor of Katsina and Steersman of the Federal Republic most recent Nigeria, Umaru Musa Yar'adua. Compressed, they have one son.[5]