Kashim Ibrahim-Imam was born 8 May 1962, he is a Nigerian politician who was twice 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) candidate for Governor of

Borno State Borno State is a state in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered by Yobe to the west, Gombe to the southwest, and Adamawa to the south while its eastern border forms part of the national border with Cameroon, its northern border ...

in 2003 and 2007, losing both times to the

All Nigeria Peoples Party The All Nigeria Peoples Party (abbr. ANPP) was a political party in Nigeria. Under the leadership of Late Chief Edwin Ume-Ezeoke who was its vice presidential candidate to General Muhammadu Buhari in the 2007 presidential elections. The party ...

(ANPP) candidate

Ali Modu Sheriff Ali Modu Sheriff (born 1956) is a Nigerian politician. He is Borno State's first governor to serve two consecutive terms (2003–2011). Though Sheriff had held two elected offices as a member of All Nigeria People's Party, he would later join t ...

Early career

Ibrahim-Imam was born into a political family. His father,

Ibrahim Imam Ibrahim Imam (1916 – April 1980) was a Kanuri people, Kanuri politician from Borno State, Borno, Nigeria who was the secretary of the Northern People's Congress and later became a patron of the Borno Youth Movement. He was elected into the No ...

was the motivating force of the progressive

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. He earned degrees in

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and

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from

Ahmadu Bello University Ahmadu Bello University Zaria is a federal government research university in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. ABU was founded on 4 October 1962, as the pioneer university in Northern Nigeria. It was founded and named after the Sardauna of Sokoto, Al ...

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and the

University of Maiduguri The University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) is a Federal higher institution located in Maiduguri, the capital city of Borno State in northeast Nigeria. The university was created by the federal government of Nigeria in 1975, with the intention of its b ...

. He then entered the banking industry. He was given the title of "Mutawalli Borno", a senior councillor to the Shehu (traditional ruler) of Borno. He was a childhood friend and business partner of his political opponent in Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff. During the short-lived

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Ibrahim-Imam was Borno State chairman of the Social Democratic Party(SDP

He was removed from this position by

Maina Maaji Lawan Maina Maaji Lawan (born 12 July 1954) a former governor and former senator for Borno State and a businessman-farmer, the CEO of Dansarki Farms. Background Maina Ma’aji Lawan, CON, was born 12 July 1954 at Kauwa in Kukawa Local Government Are ...

, the Borno State Governor at that time. Ibrahim-Imam was a member of Hope 93, the political group at the forefront of the

MKO Abiola Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola , also known as M. K. O. Abiola (24 August 1937 – 7 July 1998) was a Nigerian businessman, publisher, and politician. He was the Aare Ona Kankafo XIV of Yorubaland and an aristocrat of the Egba clan. M.K.O ...

campaign in the 1993 elections.

Fourth Republic

Ibrahim-Imam was appointed Presidential Liaison Officer to the Senate at the start of President

Olusegun Obasanjo Chief Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Ogunboye Aremu Obasanjo, , ( ; yo, Olúṣẹ́gun Ọbásanjọ́ ; born 5 March 1937) is a Nigerian political and military leader who served as Nigeria's head of state from 1976 to 1979 and later as its pres ...

's administration. In the February 2003 PDP primaries for Borno State Governorship candidate, Ibrahim-Imam was said to be competing in part to prevent Lawan becoming governor again. He easily beat four other contestants to represent the PDP in the gubernatorial elections, gaining 177 of the 185 votes cast. In the April elections, Ali Modu Sheriff of the

(ANPP) gained 581,880 votes, Kashim came second with 341,537 votes for the PDP and the incumbent Governor

Mala Kachalla Mala Kachalla (November 1941 – 18 April 2007) was governor of Borno State in Nigeria from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2003. Background Mala Kachalla was born in 1941 in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State. Borno Governor Mala Kachalla was elec ...

, who had moved from the ANPP to compete on the Alliance for Democracy (AD) ticket, gained 336,165 votes. Kashim said the election was not fair or free. He competed again in the 2007 elections and lost to Sheriff again. In April 2008 Ibrahim-Imam claimed that former Vice President

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had ordered the demolition of his house because of his loyalty to former president Obasanjo. Atiku denied the charge.

References

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