Governor
presidential
Election name1979 Kano State gubernatorial election
Ongoingno
Next election1983 Kano State gubernatorial election
Next year1983
Election dateJuly 28, 1979
Nominee 1Abubakar Rimi
Running mate 1Ibrahim B.B Farouk
Party 1People's Redemption Party
After electionAbubakar Rimi
After partyPeople's Redemption Party

The 1979 Kano State gubernatorial election occurred on July 28, 1979.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] People's Redemption Party (PRP) candidate Abubakar Rimi won the election.[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]

Abubakar Rimi was elected the PRP Deputy National Secretary in December 1978 at Lagos.[23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32] He became the gubernatorial candidate of the party on June 25, 1979.[33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44]

Results

Abubakar Rimi representing PRP won the election.[45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54] The election held on July 28, 1979.[55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64]

References

  1. ^ "BNW Magazine: Alhaji Abubakar Rimi in Conversation with Helon Habila: The Chinua Achebe Foundation Interview Series #2 Nigeria: A Meeting of the Minds Biafra Nigeria World :@ Biafra NigeriaWorld.". magazine.biafranigeriaworld.com. Archived from the original on January 18, 2013. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  2. ^ "allAfrica.com: Nigeria: Ancient Kano - How Settlers Become Indigenes". Archived June 22, 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  3. ^ "Nigeria: Ex-Gov Rimi Dies After Armed Robbery Attack". allafrica.com. Archived April 6, 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  4. ^ "GOOD LUCK, BAD LUCK? WHO KNOWS?". Daily Trust. Archived March 15, 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  5. ^ "Abubakar Rimi: A notorious cash and carry politician". Archived October 27, 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  6. ^ "Alhaji Abubakar Rimi may mean well for NdiIgbo". Archived August 7, 2003 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  7. ^ "Ex-Gov. Abubakar Rimi is dead". Vanguard. 2010-04-05. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  8. ^ "The Guardian's Memorial Tribute to Mohammed Abubakar Rimi (1940-2010)". waado.org. Archived from the original on April 27, 2021. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  9. ^ "Abubakar Rimi is dead". pointblanknews.com. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  10. ^ Blueprint (2014-04-09). "Remembering Abubakar Rimi". Blueprint. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  11. ^ Panter-Brick, Keith (1979). "Nigeria: The 1979 Elections". Africa Spectrum. 14 (3): 317–335. Sage Publications, Ltd. JSTOR 40173962
  12. ^ Joseph, Richard A. (1981). "The Ethnic Trap: Notes on the Nigerian Campaign and Elections, 1978-79". Issue: A Journal of Opinion. 11 (1/2): 17–23. Cambridge University Press. JSTOR 1166229
  13. ^ Okpu, Ugbana (1985). "Inter-Party Political Relations in Nigeria 1979-1983". Africa Spectrum. 20 (2): 191–209. Sage Publications, Ltd. JSTOR 40174204
  14. ^ "Nigerian States". www.worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  15. ^ "Ibrahim BB Farouk dies at 82". Naija247news. 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  16. ^ Mustapha, Olusegun (2013-09-06). "Hajiya Amina Ibrahim BB Faruk: Abubuwa uku suka taimake ni zaman duniya". Daily Trust. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  17. ^ "KANO STATE GOVERNORS 1967-2007". Tarihi Space. 2019-11-23. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  18. ^ "Ibrahim BB Farouk dies at 82". Daily Trust. September 2, 2014. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  19. ^ "Daily Trust". PressReader. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  20. ^ "Ibrahim BB Farouk dies at 82". Daily Trust. 2014-09-05. Archived September 5, 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  21. ^ "Nigeria: Where Are Second Republic Governors?". Archived June 4, 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  22. ^ "Nigeria - THE SECOND REPUBLIC, 1979-83". countrystudies.us. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  23. ^ "Rimi's giant footprints: Tribute to the last great leader". Vanguard. 2018-04-13. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  24. ^ Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Refworld | Nigeria: Information on the treatment of current members and supporters of the National Democratic Coalition (NDC) and other political parties since the death of Sani Abacha, including information about new arrests under Abdulsalam Abubakar". Refworld. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  25. ^ "9 years after: Remembering Abubakar Rimi". Daily Trust. April 14, 2019. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  26. ^ "Remembering Abubakar Rimi - By: Webmaster". Daily Trust. April 8, 2014. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  27. ^ "Remembering the Late Abubakar Mohammed Rimi - By: Webmaster". Daily Trust. April 12, 2014. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  28. ^ "KANO: DON'T RULE OUT SURPRISES". Nigerian Voice. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  29. ^ "38 Years After . . . Malam Aminu Kano's PRP, Our PRP Offers Only Hope For Change". Nigerian Voice. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  30. ^ "Trapped in the past". The Nation. 2012-10-02. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  31. ^ "Nigerians Are Cowards - Rimi". allafrica.com. Retrieved 2012-04-28.
  32. ^ Admins (2013-04-08). "Abubakar Rimi and the Defeat of Democracy, By Adagbo Onoja Newsdiaryonline". News Diary. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  33. ^ "3 Nigerian Parties Call Results of Election Fraudulent". The New York Times. 1979-08-20. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  34. ^ adminer2 (2013-08-02). "Aminu Kano, political change, and Northern Nigeria". Baobab Africa Online. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  35. ^ "KANO AND THE POLITICS OF TREACHERY". Nigerian Voice. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  36. ^ "Three lives and the quest for change". The Guardian. November 19, 2020. Archived November 19, 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  37. ^ Focus, Kano. "This week in Kano History September 29 – 05 October". Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  38. ^ "KANO POLITICS FROM 1920s TO 1983". Tarihi Space. 2019-09-16. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  39. ^ Pranay B. Gupte (1979-10-21). "National Unity Is Vital Task For Nigeria's New Regime". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  40. ^ "Late Abubakar Rimi was a democrat and leader with foresight-Ganduje". Daily Trust. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  41. ^ "Nigeria Jails 2 Ex-Governors". The New York Times. Reuters. 1984-09-06. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  42. ^ "THIS DAY ONLINE / Nigeria news / African views on global news". 2010-04-08. Archived April 8, 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  43. ^ May, Clifford D. (1983-08-20). "70 REPORTED KILLED AFTER NIGERIAN STATE ELECTIONS". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  44. ^ "President Shehu Shagari's National Party of Nigeria won further...". UPI. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  45. ^ "Remembering Abubakar Rimi". This Day. 2019-04-05. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  46. ^ "In picture: Rimi's decrepit grave. -". The NEWS. 2017-02-27. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  47. ^ "Abubakar Rimi:11 years after". TRIUMPH NEWS. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  48. ^ "One year after Abubakar Rimi's passage". Daily Trust. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  49. ^ "Nigeria: Ex-Gov Rimi Dies After Armed Robbery Attack - Afran - News - AFRAN Study and Research Institute (Africa & Iran)". www.afran.ir. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  50. ^ "Abubakar Rimi shot dead". news2.onlinenigeria.com. Archived April 27, 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  51. ^ "Police nab 15 over Abubakar Rimi's death". Vanguard. 2010-04-08. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  52. ^ "Rimi - Exit of a Glamorous Politician [column]". www.tmcnet.com. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  53. ^ "Sunday Trust". PressReader. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  54. ^ "Recalling Former Governor Rimi's Attempt To Diminish the Emir of Kano, By Jibrin Ibrahim - Premium Times Opinion". 2019-05-17. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  55. ^ "allAfrica.com: Nigeria: That Rimi's Outburst on Lawal Kaita (Page 1 of 1)". 2008-07-25. Archived July 25, 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  56. ^ "Two Surviving Governors Elected In 1979". 2021-02-14. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  57. ^ "Kano political associates eulogizes late Abubakar Rimi's achievements". The Nation. 2018-04-04. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  58. ^ Cowell, Alan (1981-07-31). "CONFLICTS EMERGING IN NIGERIA'S 21-MONTH CIVIL REGIME". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  59. ^ "Rimi". www.gamji.com. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  60. ^ "Kano stands still as Rimi is buried". Vanguard. 2010-04-05. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  61. ^ "33. Nigeria (1960-present)". uca.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  62. ^ "'How I succeeded Malam Aminu Kano'". Daily Trust. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  63. ^ Emmanuel, Odang. "Nigeria Second Republic Governors - Rainbownigeria". Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  64. ^ "Deputy Governors". Visit Kano. 2017-08-11. Retrieved 2021-04-28.