Jeremiah Timbut Useni was a Nigerian army lieutenant general, who served as minister responsible for the administration of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja under the Sani Abacha military junta.
16 Facts About Jeremiah Useni
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Jeremiah Useni served Nigeria in various capacities such as Minister for Transport and Quarter-Master General of the Nigeria Army.
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Jeremiah Useni was elected Senator for the Plateau South constituency of Plateau State, Nigeria in the March 2015 national elections.
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Jeremiah Useni was running on the People's Democratic Party platform.
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Jeremiah Useni was born in Langtang, Northern Region, British Nigeria on 16 February 1943.
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Jeremiah Useni died on 23 January 2025, at the age of 81.
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Jeremiah Useni came to national limelight in Nigeria when he was appointed Military Governor of Nigeria's defunct Bendel State in January 1984.
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Jeremiah Useni stated that the decision to appoint Abdulsalami Abubakar instead was based on protocol.
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Ten years later, Jeremiah Useni insisted Abacha died a natural death, contrary to rumors that he died after eating a poisoned apple.
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Jeremiah Useni was succeeded by Biodun Ogunbiyi, who criticized Useni's poor leadership, resulting in failure to win any seats in the Senate or House of Representatives in the April 2007 elections.
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Jeremiah Useni ran for election as Senator for Plateau South in April 2011 on the DPP platform, but was defeated by Victor Lar of the PDP.
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In October 2018, Jeremiah Useni won the party primaries in the PDP to run for Office Of The Governor Of Plateau state under the platform of the People's Democratic Party.
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Jeremiah Useni lost in the general election to incumbent Simon Lalong who polled 595,582 votes to Useni's 546,813.
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Jeremiah Useni challenged the election of Simon Lalong at the plateau State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on the grounds that Lalong was ineligible to assume the position of Governor, having submitted a different certificate to the electoral umpire bearing different name to that of the present Governor of Plateau State, Simon Bako Lalong.
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The panel of three justices Tribunal led by Justice Halima Salami struck out Jeremiah Useni's petition affirming the election of Lalong for lack of substantial evidence to prove the discrepancy of names in the certificate Lalong submitted to INEC.
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Jeremiah Useni appealed the judgement of the tribunal at both Appeal Court and the Supreme Court but lost.