Ibrahim Shehu Shema is a Nigerian lawyer and politician who was elected as a Governor of the north western State of Katsina during the 2007 general elections.
13 Facts About Ibrahim Shema
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Ibrahim Shema was re-elected for another four-year term on 28 April 2011, running on the People's Democratic Party political party.
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Ibrahim Shema was born on 22 September 1957 at Dutsin-Ma town in Katsina State.
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Ibrahim Shema attended Nasarawa Primary School, Katsina and Government Secondary School, Kafanchan.
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Ibrahim Shema then served as the deputy national chairman of the People's Democratic Party.
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Ibrahim Shema served as Chairman, National Reconciliation Committee for the South-South PDP.
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Ibrahim Shema served as a Chairman of the Governing Board of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency from December 2005 to November 2006, when he won the PDP's ticket to contest the 2007 gubernatorial elections in Katsina State.
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Ibrahim Shema was elected as a Governor of Katsina State on 12 April 2007, as successor to Umaru Yar'Adua, who had been elected president.
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Ibrahim Shema has been described as a "stingy governor", for his refusal to open the State's vault for Katsina politicians, a characteristic he shares with his predecessor, Umaru Musa Yar'adua.
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Ibrahim Shema was re-elected for another four-year term on 28 April 2011, running on the People's Democratic Party political party.
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Ibrahim Shema won 1,027,912 votes, followed by Masari of the Congress for Progressive Change with 555,769 votes.
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In December 2010, Ibrahim Shema again won the Peoples democratic party's governorship primaries, in a contest in which he was the only candidate.
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Ibrahim Shema married to Fatima Ibrahim Shema, they have children, three men and one woman together.