Abdulmumini M. Hassan Zareku is a Nigerian politician who was elected Senator for the Jigawa South West constituency of

Jigawa State Jigawa State (Hausa: ''Jihar Jigawa'' (Fula Leydi Jigawa 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤮𞤤 𞤶𞤭𞤺𞤢𞤱𞤢) is one of the 36 states of Nigeria, located in the northern region of the country. Created in 1991 from the northeastern-most region of Kan ...

, Nigeria in the April 2011 Federal elections. He ran on the

People's Democratic Party People's Democratic Party or ''variant thereof'', could refer to: * People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan *People's Democratic Party (Belize) *People's Democratic Party (Bhutan) *People's Democratic Party (Chile) * People's Democratic Party (Dom ...

(PDP) platform. Zareku was vice chairman of the Jigawa Central chapter of the PDP and the commissioner representing Jigawa state in the Federal Character Commission, when he was elected as the PDP candidate for the Jigawa South West Senatorial seat in the PDP primary. He won with a total of 1,528 votes at the primary election. Zareku was aged about 50 when he ran for election. He gained 212,322 votes in the April 2011 Nigeria general elections, ahead of his closest rivals Mallam

Mujitaba Mohammed Mallam Mujitaba Mohammed Mallam (born 1960) was elected Senator for the Jigawa South West constituency of Jigawa State, Nigeria, taking office on 29 May 2007. He is a member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP). Mallam studied B.Sc Education Biolog ...

of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) with 89,718 votes and Ayuba Adamu Madaki of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) with 69,324 votes.

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