Yusuf Abubakar Yusuf

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Yusuf Abubakar Yusuf
Senator for Taraba Central
In office
26 November 2015 11 June 2023
OccupationPolitician

Yusuf Abubakar Yusuf (born 5 November 1956) is a Nigerian politician who served as the senator representing the Taraba Central senatorial district from 2015 to 2023.

Yusuf contested for the Taraba Central senatorial district seat in the 2015 Nigerian Senate elections on the platform of the APC. He was defeated by the PDP candidate Bashir Marafa Abba. He filled a case in the election tribunal and was declared winner on 26 November 2015, after the election tribunal, and an Appeal Court sacked Marafa Abba. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Early life and education

Born in Nguroje, he schooled at Ahmadu Bello University (BSc Economics, 1980) and the University of East Anglia (MA Economics, 1983). [5] He was a faculty member at the University of Maiduguri.

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References

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  2. "Taraba tribunal sacks Senator Marafa". The Nation (Nigeria) . Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  3. "Tribunal sacks PDP senator in Taraba". National Mirror . Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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  5. "Sen. Yusuf Abubakar Yusuf". National Assembly (Nigeria) . Retrieved 27 March 2016.