Yusuf Abubakar Yusuf (born 5 November 1956) is a

Nigerian Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British jour ...

politician who has been the APC Member of the

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for the constituency of

Taraba Taraba can refer to: * Taraba State * Taraba River The Taraba River is a river in Taraba State, Nigeria, a tributary of the Benue River. It joins the Benue on a floodplain 10 km wide and 50 km across. The major towns along the River Ta ...

Central since 2015. He was declared the winner of the seat in the

on 26th November 2015 after an election tribunal, and then followed by an Appeal Court declaration, following the

Nigerian general election, 2015 General elections were held in Nigeria on 28 and 29 March 2015, the fifth quadrennial election to be held since the end of military rule in 1999. Voters elected the President and members to the House of Representatives and the Senate. The inc ...

. PDP candidate Bashir Marafa had previously been declared the winner of the seat, but was replaced by Yusuf Abubakar Yusuf when the tribunal found there to have been electoral inconsistencies.

Early life and education

Born in

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, he schooled at

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 ...

(BSc Economics, 1980) and the

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(MA Economics, 1983). He was a faculty member at 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 ...

References

1956 births Living people Ahmadu Bello University alumni Alumni of the University of East Anglia Members of the Senate (Nigeria) All Progressives Congress politicians University of Maiduguri faculty People from Taraba State {{Nigeria-politician-stub